Propane Regulator leaking on Street Side
Hi, My Cougar 5th Wheel (6 years old) has a stand alone 18psi (GR-618) red regulator on the street side propane bottle, which enters a pipe that crosses the front to the curb side. On the curb side i...
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wa8yxm wrote:
To the person who mentioned the not understanding the purpose of the single stage regulator
There are basically 2.1 types of regulator systems I have seen (this is the .1)
Single stage take gas from a variable pressure of around 100 PSI (can be 50 or 200) to a pressure of roughly 0.5 PSI in one jump, That's a lot to expect of a regulator. (O.5 PSI is about the pressure needed to hold 11" of water up, the exact outlet pressure is = to 11" of water least anyone want to argue with my 1/2 PSI round off).
Thus they came up with the 2 stage, Take it down to about 20-30 in one step, and 1/2 in the second.
usually the sequence is Tank-line-switchover valve-Stage 1-Stage 2-lines to appliances.
In this case it's Tank--Stage 1--Valve--Stage 2
NOTE that there are two tanks and two lines to the valve (And in this system two stage 1's)
That was me- I was actually wondering WHY there's a regulator on the offside tank plus a double autochangeover (two-stage?) regulator at the "main" tank. Most dual tank setups have only the latter.
Or did I get that completely wrong?
