I ran this leak down test:
1) Turn on LP at tank
2) Let system pressurize
3) Turn off LP at tank
4) Wait 24 hours
5) Turn on one of the stove burners
6) Confirm gas hisses for 30 seconds or more...
Mine did not pass this test - no hiss at all...
I used an Inficon Gas-Mate to trace down the problem.
I isolated the problem to the 'Rubber LP generator hose'.
Where the hose meets the generator it bends 90 degrees in the space of a few inches!
I believe this was too much stress for the rubber itself and/or the brass-rubber connection.
At any rate - where the rubber meets the brass there was a leak!
I removed the hose - capped off the line - and I'm running another 24 hour test...
I'll replace the hose and try to squeeze in a 90 degree brass elbow to relieve the stress.
1) Turn on LP at tank
2) Let system pressurize
3) Turn off LP at tank
4) Wait 24 hours
5) Turn on one of the stove burners
6) Confirm gas hisses for 30 seconds or more...
Mine did not pass this test - no hiss at all...
I used an Inficon Gas-Mate to trace down the problem.
I isolated the problem to the 'Rubber LP generator hose'.
Where the hose meets the generator it bends 90 degrees in the space of a few inches!
I believe this was too much stress for the rubber itself and/or the brass-rubber connection.
At any rate - where the rubber meets the brass there was a leak!
I removed the hose - capped off the line - and I'm running another 24 hour test...
I'll replace the hose and try to squeeze in a 90 degree brass elbow to relieve the stress.
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