Do you get the urge to modify stuff? Propane regulator.

[vash]

My new propane wok stove. Boy, the adjustable regulator sucks. It’s the old style that threads into the “female” innards to a USA standard propane tank. The hose; simple rubber hose, just pushed onto barbed nipples with hose clamps. I’m fighting leaks. The biggest is between the tank and regulator.

I’m thinking of buying a replacement regulator. The standard one you see that attaches to the “male” of the propane tank. I’ll take the entire thing to a propane shop this week. I think the system can be better. The old unit has no marking indicating PSI range

[wdfifteen]

Whenever I buy a shower head I make sure it is one i can drill out for more volume. There are no water shortage issues where I live and I like a good shower.

[vash]

Haha^^^

Yup.

Found my regulator is 2.2kg/cm2

My math says that equals 31psi.

[drkshdw]

The usual regulators have a rubber washer/gasket inside that makes the seal. Could it be this male regulator requires tape to seal?

A stove I use in a camper that was made in some obscure Chinese factory to resemble a premium European brand was a b*tch to get to seal right. I had to get replacement fittings direct from China to finally get them to seal and even then, had to use copious amounts of tape combined with the perfect torque on the fittings to get them to seal. I used up 3 bottles of gas leak detection bubble stuff before finally getting them perfect. But it's been 4 years now and they're still good.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

I did this about a year ago tying in my outdoor range to my underground tank. As I recall, if the pressure was too much, the propane pressure would out-do itself, with a wiff of flame far to far from the source and a virile hiss and a POP!!!. I might have well been trying to coax a poisonous viper out of a wicker basket playing a small flute.

[Cajundaddy]

I am not liking any of that regulator rig. I want a good seal with a proper o-ring from tank to reg, and a well fastened reg to hose that doesn't require a hose clamp. Propane burns hot in a flash fire and if it gets you when you least expect it, it will ruin your week.

[LWJ]

Easy.

Compressed gasses use CGA fittings. Propane is a CGA 510 which has a left hand thread as do all flammable gasses.

Get a CGA 510 adaptor and hard plumb to an appropriate regulator.

Not hard.

My first job was in compressed gases. (There might be a joke there)

Good luck. Be safe.

[masraum]

First thing that came to mind when I read the thread title.

[ckelly78z]

I bypassed the safety "tip over" mechanism on my dual element MR HEATER that sits on top of a propane bottle. It kept tripping off, not being able to start, and unable to move it while running.