I said: >I don't know whether there would be legal or certification issues, >but as a practical matter I think you'd no longer be able to get >filled by a propane truck, heating dealer or any other facility that >does not refill DOT tanks. You'd have to carry around an adapter to >go from the larger fill hose fitting to your smaller one, and I Andrew Martin pointed out I've got my dimensions wrong. 1 3/4" Acme is the normal size of RV fill valves. If you're replacing an Autostop valve it will be *absolutely* necessary to add a manual vent valve at the 80% fill level fitting that is piped to the autostop valve. Without that it will be impossible to fill the tank safely. Your local RV place may have them. I haven't been able to find one online in ten minutes searching. They used to be readily available.
Yours, David |
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