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profdant139
Explorer II
May 28, 2019

Found and fixed a slow propane leak: lessons learned . . .

This is a much longer story than the usual "repair report," but I hope that it will help some future leak sufferer avoid some of the mistakes I made. And before I get going, a big "THANKS!!" to all o...
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time2roll
Nomad
May 29, 2019
"Very slowly, I slid the wand along the barbecue outlet. The little green light, indicating no propane, flashed and beeped every few seconds.

And then: a yellow light! Just for a moment. I narrowed down the search area. Yes! The infamous pinhole leak. The yellow light indicates a low-level leak. A bigger leak would have triggered a red light."

So was it a damaged fitting? Poor connection? Road hazard? No pipe tape? Defect in the pipe? External damage?

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