propane regulator blew apart?
WE went camping over the weekend and came home last night. The trailer is sitting in the driveway and my daughter was getting ready to leave. She came back in the house and asked us what was on the ...
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Your regulator is a 2 stage design
Gas from cylinder enters (#5) to 1st stage, which reduces pressure to 10-15# and then enters 2nd stage. When demand for gas occurs the 2nd stage reduces pressure to 11" WC (roughly .4#----four tenths of one psi)
#3 in diagram is vent for 2nd stage (1st stage has a vent also...very tiny hole)
Vents allow air to move in/out in spring chamber above diaphragms.
If plugged diaphragm can be damaged and leak.
Also diaphragms weaken as they age and become brittle.
Yours leaked......time to replace.
Gas from cylinder enters (#5) to 1st stage, which reduces pressure to 10-15# and then enters 2nd stage. When demand for gas occurs the 2nd stage reduces pressure to 11" WC (roughly .4#----four tenths of one psi)
#3 in diagram is vent for 2nd stage (1st stage has a vent also...very tiny hole)
Vents allow air to move in/out in spring chamber above diaphragms.
If plugged diaphragm can be damaged and leak.
Also diaphragms weaken as they age and become brittle.
Yours leaked......time to replace.
