Where does the pressure regulator go ?

[birol]

Yup, where do I attach it and how ? You can see where the copper pipe is coming from underneath the PU.

[CAPEd CODger]

Put the regulator just after the ACME /POL Valve.
Right after you leave the tank.

[birol]

How do I do that ? The hose is so long ......until it reaches the regulator ...

Get a shorter hose and then extend the connection to the pipe coming from the tv ?

Put the regulator just after the ACME /POL Valve.
Right after you leave the tank.

[MtnCamper]

Birol, Just mount the regulator to a standup of some sort, and the copper fits into the out side of the regulator. The hose will loop to the tank, that is hang down, then go back to the top of the tank. It'll work.

[birol]

Hmm, make a metal stand and attach it the the hitch (frame of the ) PU where the copper pipe is coming out and install the regulator on it ? I could that I guess !!! Make it just stand out there with some u bolts ! The darned regulator has nothing to attach itself to  anything !!!

Birol, Just mount the regulator to a standup of some sort, and the copper fits into the out side of the regulator. The hose will loop to the tank, that is hang down, then go back to the top of the tank. It'll work.

[MtnCamper]

Can you mount it directly thru the 4 holes in the regulator?

[birol]

Those are just holes (Whatever that means They are not threaded and they are not open to the other side ... I have no idea why they are there .. I think I will go back to the dealer and ask them how to mount it and look at how they are attached to the PU's more arefully. The way they are attached, they are covered witha  plastic cover, I will try to peek and see some more detail tomorrow.

Can you mount it directly thru the 4 holes in the regulator?

[Firefyter-Emt]

Briol, those are the holes I was talking about.. They are made to use a self tapping machiene (sp?) screw. You can either try to buy a bracket or custom make one that will hold it to the frame.

 
 

Those are just holes (Whatever that means They are not threaded and they are not open to the other side ... I have no idea why they are there .. I think I will go back to the dealer and ask them how to mount it and look at how they are attached to the PU's more arefully. The way they are attached, they are covered witha plastic cover, I will try to peek and see some more detail tomorrow.

[birol]

Self tapping machine screws hmm, I will look into that !  Does it really have to be vertical ? or can it be horizantal ?

Nice of you posting before going out for work

Briol, those are the holes I was talking about.. They are made to use a self tapping machiene (sp?) screw. You can either try to buy a bracket or custom make one that will hold it to the frame.

[bearbait]

I'm not sure i'm following this conversation at all.  Why does the regulator even need to be mounted to anything?

 
All fleetwood does is has an acme nut that screws right onto the tank and the regulator has female threads to screw that acme nut right into it,  it's solid,  not just dangling.  the rubber hose would then be attatched to the copper line.  What am I missing here?  Do other manufacturers actually mount the regulators so they are solid? That seems like a waste to me and a lot of trouble to go through. Marshall Brass has those acme nuts that have the male threads that you can screw right onto those regulators without a "pigtail" on them at all.  That seems to me to be the easier and cheaper way to go.  I changed mine with one of those when the propane tanks switched over to the new style.  If it were me,  I'd skip all that nonsense of mounting it to a bracket and just buy that acme nut that will screw right into the regulator and be done with it.

[tlhdoc]

Birol if you want I can take a picture of my regulator.

[birol]

Could not find the thingie magicie to mount the regulator to the cylinder directly. But, I found the mounting brackets to mount it to the front of the PU ! (all the PU's I saw at two different dealerships had it done this way). And I also got a flexible hose to connect the other end of the regulator to the copper pipe coming from the PU.

The problem is ready to be solved, I have all the necessary pieces at hand. I will probably do it next Monday and fire up the range to see how it functions ... I hope the range is working, if after all this trouble I find outt aht I have to buy a new range, I will ber VERY upset Oh well, I would have to do all this anyways ..... Another hundred bucks down the drain will probably not kill me I hope I don't have to though .....

[MtnCamper]

Birol, Here is how they (it) are mounted on my Fleetwood. The top regulator is for high pressure, and the lower one is for low pressure. You only have one, but you can get the idea. The Regulator is mounted solid to the rack for the tanks, the fexible hose reaches the top of the tanks, and the tubing goes into the bottom of the regulator. That help?

[birol]

Thanks Garry, it helps ! I also found out what kind of screw to use on those holes on the regulator ! !!!

[Acts 2:38 girl]

Lee.. too lazy to change wifes log in...

 
See, that is not all too hard now was it? Good luck, but I am willing to bet the stove works just fine!