| Re: [GMCnet] LP Leak [message #100025] |
Thu, 16 September 2010 12:09  |
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ljdavick
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Registered: March 2007
Location: Fremont, CA
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I find it interesting that people report more frequent odor when the tank is nearly empty . This would suggest to me that the leak would be somewhere, like a valve, that is threaded. Under higher pressure the threads might be forced together, but not so much under low pressure. I don't know if it makes any sense but if the leak were a hole in a tube or pipe I can't think of a way that low pressure would cause a greater leak than high pressure.
This doesn't explain Dan's leak of a full tank in 2 weeks, though.
<sigh> Maybe someday I'll actually have a useful answer for y'all...
Larry Davick
Fremont, California
The Mystery Machine
'76 (ish) Palm Beach
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Larry Davick
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1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy
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| Re: [GMCnet] LP Leak [message #100095 is a reply to message #100033] |
Fri, 17 September 2010 08:41  |
stick miller
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Registered: March 2010
Location: Americus, Georgia
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I guess this discussion begs the question: "Do we need LP leak detection devices in our coaches?" There is one in my coach and either it doesn't work or I have a constant LP leak. Seems to me at the very least a plug-in or hard wired device that emits a warning would be desirable. An automatic gas shut off device would be optimal.
We all, hopefully, have fire and smoke alarms in our houses. Most have CO detectors. I think I'd like all of the above when I'm sleeping in a 26' capsule. Especially after an Ambien and a couple of glasses of Merlot.
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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