Very slow propane leak: how to find it?
Here is the problem: even with all appliances off, but the propane tank turned on, I am losing a quarter of a gallon of propane in a 24 hr. period. (I have weighed the tank -- it lost a pound a day,...
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Like working on a car, start replacing the cheap things and work up to expensive thing.
Your rig is a 2012? ot that old, but could be regulator, esp since u dont smell the propane in the RV. You will not get soapy bubbles if the diaphragm is leaking out since it does not have a surface u can test. Replace it as it is 6 yrs old, so not a big loss $40 - $60.
Next thing is the valves on appliances - furnace, h2O heater etc. But you would smell propane inside probably with furnace, maybe not with water heater; another $40-$100 for the valve and maybe or maybe not replaceable.
Before replacing those get a plug and unhook furnace from gas supply and see what happens, or not. Then to the next appliance. If it is one of those valves or something on the appliance, then disconnecting it from gas will solve the problem. I currently have my furnace disconnected and waiting for a new valve.
Hope that your copper supply line is not cracked. You would either see something rubbing on it or it have a bad kink to have a leak usually. unlikely, but possible.
A stove or oven leak you would likely smell inside, I would save that for last.
Your rig is a 2012? ot that old, but could be regulator, esp since u dont smell the propane in the RV. You will not get soapy bubbles if the diaphragm is leaking out since it does not have a surface u can test. Replace it as it is 6 yrs old, so not a big loss $40 - $60.
Next thing is the valves on appliances - furnace, h2O heater etc. But you would smell propane inside probably with furnace, maybe not with water heater; another $40-$100 for the valve and maybe or maybe not replaceable.
Before replacing those get a plug and unhook furnace from gas supply and see what happens, or not. Then to the next appliance. If it is one of those valves or something on the appliance, then disconnecting it from gas will solve the problem. I currently have my furnace disconnected and waiting for a new valve.
Hope that your copper supply line is not cracked. You would either see something rubbing on it or it have a bad kink to have a leak usually. unlikely, but possible.
A stove or oven leak you would likely smell inside, I would save that for last.
