Date:         Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:15:46 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Recommend propane bits and pieces [NVC]
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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At 06:21 AM 7/19/2006 -0700, Michael Elliott wrote:
>Anyone?

Mike, the fridge is a lot pickier about gas pressure than a bbq
burner -- it needs a two-stage regulator  just like the one feeding
it now, so if you don't want to spend $25 for the Marshall Brass or
the similar one at campingworld.com then use the one off the Westy.

Most of the rest is just plumbing -- the special parts are the "POL
spud" that feeds the regulator and the fitting that mates with
whatever tank you're using.  Campingworld seems to have very poor
selection and lousy descriptions -- I would have no confidence of
getting what you want from them.  Try
http://www.dyersonline.com/c-130-lp-supplies-rv.aspx -- they seem to
have a more realistic attitude.  Get them to make you up what you
need  to have a flexible hose btw the tank and the regulator, then
take the whole thing to the local hardware store and make up what you
need from regulator to fridge.  Or some variation on that.  BTW, an
"excess-flow POL spud" -- required for RV use -- is one that slams
shut if the regulator gets broken off and you're dumping propane at
catastrophic rates.  Can prolly live without it for this application,
just don't put it on the van by mistake.

d

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"