SpencerPJ said:
Take a piece of your copper tubing to the Hardware Store. They will fix you up with compression fittings and spare tubing to do whatever you need. Really easy fix, considering everything else you are doing.
After you get all assembled, you will have a bunch of air in your line. As close to the refirge as possible, everything off, open the valve on propane tank, loosen a line and purge the air out of the system. As soon as you smell the propane, tighten the line, check for leaks, soapy water on all connections.
Do NOT start unit with any smell of propane or any leaks. It will not be a good outcome.
I did not know it would be easy, ( I mean the repair...........actually I have decided to just replace the entire line rather than splice in a short section ) I know nothing about this at all but I am a very handy person so its no problem for me once I get the information.
Can you please take the time to read this post carefully and answer my questions below, I understand my wordings are not as good as alot of guys, Im a smart guy but I dont have alot of education. If you dont understand would you ask for clarification. Thanks
Unfortunately my only local hardware store is lowes or home depot and its getting very difficult to find an employee that just hadnt transferred from Wal-Mart so I have to rely on the internet to get questions answered.
1- Its sounds like from what Gary said above that the ends are nothing that I cant make with my brake flaring tool? Is that correct?
Is there anything I should put on the threads ( a sealant ) before I make the actual connections?
Next set of questions after the explanation below:
I have two tanks.........sitting on the front of my trailer.
Off these two tanks is a coupler that connects to the tanks, from there rubber hoses that are hard as a rock almost, from there they go into a regulator, out the bottom of the regulator is more rubber hose ( that seems fairly pliable ) that goes into the piping at the bottom of the camper and is distributed throughout the camper via legs.
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2- do the hoses typically come with the regulator and if so is there a certain brand of regulator that will give me years of trouble free service over another that isnt worth wasting my time on?
3- How should I be using my tanks? With both always turned on?
Maybe I should replace the rubber hose below the regulator, I am getting a VERY strong propane smell ( outside the camper for sure ) last time I fired up the furnace just to see it work.
4- What is this line called so I can find it easily.
Thanks