Advice to omit the auto change LP valve
Ive needed new hoses for awhile. For $25 i see some stainless hoses with a built in gauge. But i often read the auto change valves leak so maybe its best to buy a kit. Flame King has good reviews and ...
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poppa wrote:
why do you need the auto feature if you leave one tank off?
I figured someone might wander..
This way I don't end up with TWO EMPTY cylinders at the same time.
It is very easy to never look at the regulator "flag", most folks just turn on both Cylinders and let it rip and forget about it..
The downside to that is if you forget to periodically check for the empty cylinder red flag, the change over happens and you do not know it, you are now running out your last cylinder..
That would be a real bummer in the middle of the night in very cold temps and you have absolutely nothing to keep you warm at 2:00 AM.
Or worse yet run out on say Sunday morning at 2:00 AM and no propane suppliers are open until Monday morning at 9:00 AM..
Opening only ONE at a time allows me to know that I ALWAYS have always a FULL cylinder ready to use and when it runs out at a bad time I simply just get up and go outside a open the full cylinder and be back running in minutes. Then I can simply get the other cylinder refilled and ready to do over again.. I use it like a backup system.
Got it?
