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I just got a little buddy heater for my trailer. the trailer is the bed of a truck turned trailer with a cap on top. I want to get the adapter to be able to run the heater off of a 20lb bottle. if you buy a kit from Mr. heater they have 2 options, a black hose and a green hose. the black hose suggests that you run their fuel filter so contaminants don't damage the heater and replace the filter once a year ($11 @amazon.com). the green hose kit (http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-F273704-Plasticizer-Free-Portable/dp/B001CFWF5U) does not leak oils into the fuel so that would be the route that I'm looking to go.
now the thing is that I want to mount the propane bottle on the tongue of the trailer and pipe it into the bed for easy hook up. but I cannot find anyone else selling the oil free hoses so I cannot make a patch hose into the bed. rigid pipe will make it hard to connect/disconnect the bottle for refilling/exchange.
does anyone have any suggestions for getting the gas from the tank to the inside of the trailer? would a stainless steel braided line work? or is it just black rubber wrapped in a stainless steel braid?
also I'm not sure how good of an idea it is to pipe into the area where I would be sleeping, I assume it would be fine because the heater will be in there anyway so the gas has to get in somehow. and to use the heater I would have to have a window open a little to allow for oxygen to come in.
If I cannot figure out a way to pipe it in I will probably just run it through a drainage grommet in the front of the bed.
Thanks,
Jonathan
now the thing is that I want to mount the propane bottle on the tongue of the trailer and pipe it into the bed for easy hook up. but I cannot find anyone else selling the oil free hoses so I cannot make a patch hose into the bed. rigid pipe will make it hard to connect/disconnect the bottle for refilling/exchange.
does anyone have any suggestions for getting the gas from the tank to the inside of the trailer? would a stainless steel braided line work? or is it just black rubber wrapped in a stainless steel braid?
also I'm not sure how good of an idea it is to pipe into the area where I would be sleeping, I assume it would be fine because the heater will be in there anyway so the gas has to get in somehow. and to use the heater I would have to have a window open a little to allow for oxygen to come in.
If I cannot figure out a way to pipe it in I will probably just run it through a drainage grommet in the front of the bed.
Thanks,
Jonathan