Need help with propane regulator!
I would appreciate anyone with experience working on the propane systems to comment on this issue. I recently found a leak in the top of my regulator so I purchased a new one and replaced it. The v...
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That should be the right one. I'll ask some questions which might lead us in the right direction.
1.) What color is showing on the top bulb?
2.) Do you have the lever handle pointed at the tank you want to start with.
3.) Have you disconnected the hose to the 20 lb bottle and hooked it back up and then very slowly opened the valve on the tank to avoid it tripping into safety mode. Do this two or three tines to get the line to the stove full of gas. Then turn on the stove to try to light the stove. Not before.
You may be fighting empty gas lines and the valve in the hose from the tank to the regulator thinks there is a leak and shutting down. However, usually if one waits a while eventually it will release and try again. It is possible that you got a bad regulator but that would be very unusual. Usually these kinds of problems are related to the hoses reacting to too much gas flow and shutting down because the lines were disconnected and now have to be refilled. Opening the valve just a very little and letting it seep for awhile to fill the hoses and tubes and then opening it a little more will avoid setting off the safety feature in the hoses. If there is too much flow the hose will shut down thinking there is a leak. Once you get the line filled back up it won't be as sensitive in the future.
1.) What color is showing on the top bulb?
2.) Do you have the lever handle pointed at the tank you want to start with.
3.) Have you disconnected the hose to the 20 lb bottle and hooked it back up and then very slowly opened the valve on the tank to avoid it tripping into safety mode. Do this two or three tines to get the line to the stove full of gas. Then turn on the stove to try to light the stove. Not before.
You may be fighting empty gas lines and the valve in the hose from the tank to the regulator thinks there is a leak and shutting down. However, usually if one waits a while eventually it will release and try again. It is possible that you got a bad regulator but that would be very unusual. Usually these kinds of problems are related to the hoses reacting to too much gas flow and shutting down because the lines were disconnected and now have to be refilled. Opening the valve just a very little and letting it seep for awhile to fill the hoses and tubes and then opening it a little more will avoid setting off the safety feature in the hoses. If there is too much flow the hose will shut down thinking there is a leak. Once you get the line filled back up it won't be as sensitive in the future.
