Propane Auto Change Over Did not work
I have a propane auto change over valve did not work on my 2015 Springdale this weekend and I am not sure what happened. I went out after I could not light the stove and the indicator was red but the...
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I just went through this with my 2014 unit. Come to find out, it was a bad "back check" valve on the inlet of my regulator. Here's some pictures:
On a properly working back check valve, you can blow into the inlet side and air will flow, but won't flow backwards. On mine, the air wouldn't flow either direction. What was interesting was that the manufacturer of my RV only installed a back check valve on one side, and the other input fitting to the regulator didn't have one. The unit really didn't need one because the pigtails also have a back check valve which makes one of them redundant when you have two in the system.
On a properly working back check valve, you can blow into the inlet side and air will flow, but won't flow backwards. On mine, the air wouldn't flow either direction. What was interesting was that the manufacturer of my RV only installed a back check valve on one side, and the other input fitting to the regulator didn't have one. The unit really didn't need one because the pigtails also have a back check valve which makes one of them redundant when you have two in the system.
