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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Jetstreamer, the propane detector works, and I ran a test on it. But it does not pick up the slow leak, wherever it is. The leak is about a quarter of a gallon a day -- about 32 ounces, or a little more than an ounce an hour from some little pinhole somewhere. The $35 detector I got at the hardware store is not reacting to that low level leak.
JimK, that is a good suggestion -- turn off the tank and see how long the system stays pressurized. When the gas level drops in the line, the red flag will pop up. I am not sure what that will tell me about the location of the leak, but it is one more data point.
And yesterday, I installed a new regulator. Filled the tank with propane. Weighed it. Weighed it again this morning. Bad news -- the weight of the tank dropped around six tenths of a pound. I will do it again tomorrow, just to verify.
JimK, that is a good suggestion -- turn off the tank and see how long the system stays pressurized. When the gas level drops in the line, the red flag will pop up. I am not sure what that will tell me about the location of the leak, but it is one more data point.
And yesterday, I installed a new regulator. Filled the tank with propane. Weighed it. Weighed it again this morning. Bad news -- the weight of the tank dropped around six tenths of a pound. I will do it again tomorrow, just to verify.
