Re: lpg safety

[Jim Kelley]

lpg, as u probably know, has two disadvantages... 1. it will explode at room temperature and with minimum confinement 2. as a gas, it is heavier than air that's why the lpg detector is positioned near the floor and at the stove. ...but that means it will only detect lpg that pools inside the coach more likely, an lpg leak and pooling will occur in the water heater,refrigerator, or furnace areas, or under the coach itself. none of these areas are monitored by the detector would i give you a problem without a solution??? it's an lpg pressure guage... cost $40... avaiable from marine stores or by mail from West Marine... installs in less than 3 minutes..remove the regulator from the outlet pipe on the tank;install the guage, which has the proper male and female fittings; reattach the regulator to test.. turn off gas at tank note pressure wait 5 minutes if pressure has dropped, you've got a leak you will "automatically" test your system every time you fill the tank thats all there is to it... camping world sells something called a gaslow... "supposedly" will tell u when the tank is low on fuel... this is nothing more than a pressure guage without the graduated dial face. it will work as a leak detector, but its a bit harder to "read" . also, whenever camping world is cheaper than a marine store, i'm always suspicious about quality; and i want a quality fitting here techie notes 1. never use teflon tape on a gas line... itty bitty pieces can break off and foul your jets.. and we all know how serious that can be 2. the regulator is reverse threaded to the tank. you can usually identify a reverse threaded nut by the vertical score inscribed on the center of each of the six sides of the nut. one last sales pitch.... boats can't be insured without this device.. and boats usually have only one line, and one appliance. jim kelley jkelley@... trek 28, 1998

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I know this is an old post, but I've been trying to figure out what to do about a LPG gas detector.  Is this pressure gauge approach what most of you recommend or does anyone do something different to detect possible leaks?https://www.amazon.com/Trident-Marine-1 ... ure+gaugeI did find a portable Gas Detector at Home Depot to locate potential leaks, but I'd like something to alarm me if there is an existing leak. http://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-G ... 00802Jared - Safari Sahara 35' 250 cat

[Gary Smith]

Take a look at Safe-T-Alert 'Safe-T-Alert 30-442' on Amazon or other places.  Exact size replacement for the OEM model (CCI) that came in both my Safari coaches.  If yours came with one, it would be mounted near the floor, bottom of the kitchen cabinet that has your propane cooktop.Gary'98 Sahara 3006 300CAT On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:25 PM, jaredlane77@... [Safarifriends] wrote:   I know this is an old post, but I've been trying to figure out what to do about a LPG gas detector.  Is this pressure gauge approach what most of you recommend or does anyone do something different to detect possible leaks?https://www.amazon.com/ Trident-Marine-1211-1402-L-P- Regulator/dp/B00H7AG4I8/ref= sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1498843166& sr=8-3&keywords=marine+lpg+ pressure+gaugehttps://www.amazon.com/ Trident-Marine-1190-1411-L-P- Adapter/dp/B002OBLFHK/ref=sr_ 1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498843166&sr= 8-1&keywords=marine+lpg+ pressure+gaugeI did find a portable Gas Detector at Home Depot to locate potential leaks, but I'd like something to alarm me if there is an existing leak. http://www.homedepot.com/p/ BrassCraft-Gas-Leak-Detector- for-Natural-Liquid-Propane- Butane-and-Methane-Gas- Detection-BCGLD01-X6/202800802Jared - Safari Sahara 35' 250 cat -- Gary Smith

[mel96safari]

JaredMost RVs have a LP gas alarm like these https://www.rvupgradestore.com/Gas-Dete ... tm.However to find a propane leak I use this "gas leak detector" from Ace hardware: http://www.camco.net/product/gas-leak-detector-10260/(Other hardware stores and home centers sell similar products). Mel'96 Sahara ---In Safarifriends@yahoogroups.com, wrote :I know this is an old post, but I've been trying to figure out what to do about a LPG gas detector.  Is this pressure gauge approach what most of you recommend or does anyone do something different to detect possible leaks?https://www.amazon.com/Trident-Marine-1 ... ure+gaugeI did find a portable Gas Detector at Home Depot to locate potential leaks, but I'd like something to alarm me if there is an existing leak. http://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-G ... 00802Jared - Safari Sahara 35' 250 cat