Propane piping

[Kendall restoration]

Thanks for the add, so I am in the process of building a off-road teardrop style camper. The current question I have is how is everyone running there propane lines? hard pipe? flexible quick connect lines?
I will have a interior gas heater and 2 spots to hook up a gas cook stove
Thanks for the response.

 

[Louisd75]

I used copper tubing to my furnace. I've got a tee installed at the end that I may add a quick connect for a hose to my stove eventually.

 

[dreadlocks]

Copper internally, steel external

 

[Teardropper]

I'm using a combination of 1/2" black pipe, followed by a run of flexible steel (to allow me to jig over some stuff) and then rubber to a heater and a cook stove.

I've got kind of an odd issue. My Partner stove takes a 27 PSI regulator and the Propex heater needs an 11 WCI regulator that is about a 1/2 pound. So I'm running 27PSI back to a T and sticking the heater regulator back there.

3/8" black was my first choice but the local Ace store doesn't carry it in this two-horse town.

T

 

[Kendall restoration]

Thank you for the input. Well that brings a new question to me as well. I’ve been looking at one of those partner stoves and had no idea they needed that much pressure. Between the cost and that amount of pressure I think I will look at different stoves.

 

[Teardropper]

Thank you for the input. Well that brings a new question to me as well. I’ve been looking at one of those partner stoves and had no idea they needed that much pressure. Between the cost and that amount of pressure I think I will look at different stoves.

The Partner stoves come with the regulator. I've got mine sitting on a shelf in the shop at the moment. They are built like an (aluminum) tank.

The Camp Chef stoves a great, BTW. I'm running a Primus in our current teardrop. There's a lot of wasted space with the Primus.

T

 

[Brianj5600]

What is everyone using for bulkheads?

 

[jacobconroy]

Copper. Buy a few cutting and flaring tools and learn how to use them!

 

[Teardropper]

What is everyone using for bulkheads?

3/4" Baltic birch ply.

T

 

[Teardropper]

3/8" black was my first choice but the local Ace store doesn't carry it in this two-horse town.

For the record, I scrapped the black pipe plan after consulting with a friend that installs propane stuff for a living. I would have had lots of joints with black pipe.

I went with rubber propane line for the Propex heater and rubber automotive propane line for the Partner stove. After measuring my needs, I had the lines made up by the local propane company and installation was easy.

Rubber makes for easy installation.

T

 

[dreadlocks]

dont rubber lines need to be replaced periodically as the LP is a solvent and slowly damages em?

 

[SquirrelZ]

Dreadlocks- You need to use the correct rubber hose, which is why buying it through a propane supplier is a good idea.

UL 21 | UL Standards & Engagement | UL Standard

UL 21 | UL Standards & Engagement | UL Standard | Edition 11 | LP-Gas Hose | Published Date: December 15, 2014 | ANSI Approved: November 08, 2022

standardscatalog.ul.com

 

[Teardropper]

dont rubber lines need to be replaced periodically as the LP is a solvent and slowly damages em?

Not rubber propane lines.

T

 

[Alloy]

For the record, I scrapped the black pipe plan after consulting with a friend that installs propane stuff for a living. I would have had lots of joints with black pipe.

I went with rubber propane line for the Propex heater and rubber automotive propane line for the Partner stove. After measuring my needs, I had the lines made up by the local propane company and installation was easy.

Rubber makes for easy installation.

T

I hope there's no quick connect for the stove inside the trailer that will leak (not if, but when) and fill the trailer with propane .

Are you using a propane alarm?

 

[Brianj5600]

3/4" Baltic birch ply.

T

Sorry, I meant bulkhead fittings. How are you getting the propane from the outside to the inside?