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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Golden_HVAC wrote:
What I would do with my BBQ that had a excess flow safety switch was turn on the valve, and it will let a little pressure seep by the valve. Then shut off the valve (to reset it) and then turn it back on slowly. With a little pressure at the outlet line, then it will usually always say set to run.
You also need to have the regulator 'snug' into the valve of the tank. If the tank to regulator is loose, then it will not 'set' the safety valve.
So try to turn it on, then back off, and then slowly turn it back on. This process should pressurize the line between the tank and auto change over valve.
Some have a 'way' to use up one tank first. Make sure that the switch over is not set to use say the left tank first, but rather to auto chance over to the higher pressure tank. At any rate, should you want to 'use up' one tank first, then just shut off that tank, with the other on, then it will switch back to tank "A" before you are done. At that point, if you want to run tank A, but still want auto change over to tank B, then you can turn on B again slowly.
Good luck,
Fred.
good point on making sure the pigtail is fully seated on the tank valve. Recently we were camped with friends and he was having trouble getting his propane firepit to light, tank was full. He had arthritis and after some checking I noticed when he put the hose on the tank it didn't seem to be tightened down completely. I tightened it another full turn or so and success.
