Split propane ???

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

Full-timing, I tend to go with a hook-up to a 125 gal. propane tank
when I land where I'm going to stay for a long period of time.
Had one hooked up to the driver's side here in Ut. when I first
bought this trailer. Then when I landed in N.M. for this past winter I
had one hooked up to the passenger side.

Problem I have now is, when the tank on the pas. side becomes empty,
the drivers side doesn't take over.

Yes I have done the steps of open slowly, for pass side, open slowly the
driver's side, wait 1 minute, close then re open (slowley).

One thing I did notice was when the large tank was disconnected in N.M. I
heard what sounded like water flowing thru thr pipe that connects the driver side
to the pass. side when I was putting something in the front storage compartment...???

Any ideas ???????

thanks for your thoughts.

hankaye

[hankpage]

Hank, Have you turned the lever on the auto-switch over valve to make the passenger side the primary tank????? Just a thought, The other Hank

[hankaye]

Hank, Howdy;

yep..... still no happiness

hankaye

[f6bits]

I don’t think the auto-switch would matter, as it’ll always look for a non-empty tank.

Are you sure the tank works? Can you switch the tank to the other side? Maybe even reversing the hoses at the regulator. Do you have a spare regulator? Certainly the problem is somewhere between (or at) the regulator and the tank.

[geo]

Hankaye -

The water flowing noise sounds weird. But I'm wondering if you might have the same problem I have had with the connection pigtails.

See: http://www.keystonerv.org/forums/sho...0445#post40445

Since I'm not really that familiar with the setup, do you have connection pigtails on each side? As Scott suggested, and I know this is a pain, but does the good passenger side tank act the same way on the driver's side? And does the port tank work OK when put on the starboard side? I know the regulator has been suggested, but with the lousy experience I have had, I would look at the connection pigtails first if they are present. I had one of the original pigtails just stop supplying gas - the high flow valve inside the pigtail "froze" shut. I also had that happen with a Mr. Heater pigtail from CW. But all of them, except the Trident so far, after several months would kick the high flow preventor valve in to limit the amount of propane flowing to below spec limits.

Just a suggestion, and all that . . .

Ron

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

My ‘split’ system has one of these;

http://www.rvlifestyles.net/p-221262...iliateid=10704


located on the driver’s side. (I double checked to be sure it's the HIGH pressure one.)
That tank, is connected with one of the hand tighten (Green knob),
hoses and it in turn is connected to a ‘black pipe’ that runs across to the passenger side.
Then another hose to the 2 stage auto changeover regulator. Only a pigtail (Green knob),
connects the passenger side tank to the 2 stage …
Each propane tank WILL work when connected to the passenger’s side. So…….
I’m looking at either a new regulator (see link), a pigtail for the Driver’s side, BOTH,
OR the auto change over isn’t working……
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot without having to buy all the parts ???

Take your time and ponder on it… I’ve got 3-4 weeks before I’ll have to swap tanks again.

Thanks for your thoughts…

hankaye