Atwood High Pressure Stove

[Siteforlife]

Hello all, I just joined, although I have had a Pop Up since 1979, original was Lionel, destroyed by a tornado just at the very moment wife and I were reluctantly discussing replacement.  So we got Fleetwood Santa Fe, much fancier, which included an Atwood 2-burner high Pressure (16psi) outdoor stove for which there is a propane outlet below the stove shelf location.  The stove has seen heavy use, and now seems to leak propane when burning (not from the connections).  I almost fell over when told by dealer Ruston that a replacement would cost $500 (5% of cost of whole trailer!).  So I wonder whether a less expensive route is possible.  It seems that the standard $50-$100 Coleman type propane stoves will not "fit" to the campers outlet, and would need separate propane tank.  Fleetwood say " The only recommendation from Fleetwood Folding Trailers would be to replace the High Pressure Stove with another exact High Pressure Stove.  When dealing with LP gas it is very important to match "like" components.  A substitute product could cause damage, injury or even death."  So our choice is $500 or possible death!?

[coach]

now seems to leak propane when burning (not from the connections).  

Where does it seem to leak?
A good ole self contained, portable, classic, Coleman 2 burner stove (15 psi, outside use) is $35 or so at Wally World.

[JohnandLeann]

Have you done leak test with soapy water to find the leak?  Is it repairable by possibly tightening fitting or something?
John

[Siteforlife]

Thanks Coach and John and Leann.  I mentioned propane smell in my post, but that is not all, thing is stove is shot; not all burner holes operating, particle board platform crumbling etc.  No leaky connections though.  Is connecting a 15 psi stove OK if the recommended is 16 psi?  I have an old (from Lionel trailer days) Coleman, which I used to connect to a 10 lb propane tank.  Ruston gave me an adaptor for the trailer to allow me to attach the Coleman using that tank connector, but the old tank connector tightens counterclockwise while adaptor is tightened to trailer connection clockwise.  Result very leaky!  So I need both adaptor for trailer outlet (or line as in original Atwood) ) that will connect to a 16 psi stove and that does not cost $500 (mind you have not been able to get hold of Atwood by phone to confirm that figure;  email to them resulted in a page of unrelated advertisement with nothing about their stove).

I am about to simply carry another propane tank and use on a Coleman, but was trying to avoid extra weight.

[PattieAM]

Wouldn't the simpliest, cheapest solution be using a portable propane stove and the little 1-lb. tanks?  

You might be able to 'rebuild' your existing stove - the 'Coleman' (camping equipment) site used to have kits available for some of their models.

[tlhdoc]

You might be able to 'rebuild' your existing stove - the 'Coleman' (camping equipment) site used to have kits available for some of their models.

The existing stove is not a Coleman stove.  It is an Atwood.  Many people have changed the "counter top" that the stove sits in.

[fleagalbaum]

I am also curious what people use to replace their outdoor stove.  I have an indoor outdoor stove but it is low pressure, basically useless.  I would like to find a good stove that hooks up to the outdoor outlet.
As of right now I use a palco stove with a 5 lb tank, but it is a bit of a pain to use the tank.

[coach]

I would clean up the ole stove, knock some of the rust out of it, rebuild its holder ...
I use my in/out low pressure stove as a shelf for a Portable Coleman.
I've heard (never seen) of folks connecting an extension hose from the high pressure Fleetwood outlet to a Coleman.
CampChef makes a heavy/high BTU - low pressure stove and a rv connection hose to the low pressure quick connection on some PUs.

[fleagalbaum]

I would clean up the ole stove, knock some of the rust out of it, rebuild its holder ...
I use my in/out low pressure stove as a shelf for a Portable Coleman.
I've heard (never seen) of folks connecting an extension hose from the high pressure Fleetwood outlet to a Coleman.
CampChef makes a heavy/high BTU - low pressure stove and a rv connection hose to the low pressure quick connection on some PUs.

those campchef stoves look skookum, does anyone have experience with them?

[CajunCamper]

I have the low pressure stove in my Santa Fe and used it for a couple of seasons and then went back to my portable Coleman two burner stove that has been cooking up meals for us on camping trips for many many years. I still use my low pressure stove inside my pop up if it happens to be really nasty weather outside, so I guess I'm saying I only use it in emergency situations. I prefer my portable Coleman, and if I were you, I would purchase one and forget about the $500 replacement. You can use it indoors and outdoors and set it up anywhere you like.

CajunCamper

[AZsix]

I have the low pressure stove in my Santa Fe and used it for a couple of seasons and then went back to my portable Coleman two burner stove that has been cooking up meals for us on camping trips for many many years. I still use my low pressure stove inside my pop up if it happens to be really nasty weather outside, so I guess I'm saying I only use it in emergency situations. I prefer my portable Coleman, and if I were you, I would purchase one and forget about the $500 replacement. You can use it indoors and outdoors and set it up anywhere you like.

CajunCamper

I got a two burner Coleman from my neighbor down the street for nothing. He had a yard sale and it didn't sell and he wanted to clean out his garage. It had never been used until he gave it to me. I love it. I can boil water on it much faster than I can inside. I think I saw one at Wally World for $35.

[Siteforlife]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I am with Cajuncamper on the Coleman, and have given up on replacing the Atwood high pressure (16psi) outside stove.  When I checked it seemed to be made of regular metal - no platinum or gold plating - so the $500 price tag seems on the high side.  I feel let down by Fleetwood, since the plumbing and outlet for the outside stove becomes useless and a separate propane tank is now needed, with additional weight.  It seems like a "set up" but perhaps there was a reason - Fleetwood have apparently changed to low pressure for their outdoor stoves on pop ups.  Anyway, off to get a new Coleman next week.

Siteforlife

[waygard33]

...I feel let down by Fleetwood, since the plumbing and outlet for the outside stove becomes useless and a separate propane tank is now needed, with additional weight.  It seems like a "set up" but perhaps there was a reason - Fleetwood have apparently changed to low pressure for their outdoor stoves on pop ups...

Siteforlife

My E3 has a high pressure line outside. The camper came with an outside stove in a bag for storage. I can't imagine it would cost more than $100. The fleetwood website still has it listed as standard equipment for the E3.  :confused: