But he does say its your RV you can do what you want..
I agree not many RV's, if any, use a black iron or schedule 80 pipe.. most use copper which will crush mostly before it will break and in the rare event the flow limiter will shut off the flow of gas..
I checked it, loss of flow, on my RV unit so i know that is true. a small leak will allow gas to flow but any thing large enough to cause a problem is mostly eliminated.
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Originally Posted by Boxite
"Mac the Fire Guy" (in the video) ...BEGINS his presentation with an invalid statement. "if you're in a wreck and rupture your black line ..." he says in words to the effect, that you have 5 lines feeding various items all of which now pose a fire hazard due to a huge propane leak.
It's a minor point, but Airstreams don't have black iron pipe lines carrying propane, but mostly what's incorrect in modern systems is that an open line will cause the excess-flow-limiter to shut the propane completely off.
Also, contrary to his statements, Dometic, in their owner's manuals, actually approves travelling with the propane feature operational on their reefers,...their only admonition is to be carefull when refueling because of the hazard of gasoline fumes near an open flame.
I travel with my propane on. I do not park to refuel with my reefer anywhere near the gas pumps.
And when I crossed over to Port Aransas on the ferry, they couldn't have cared less whether my propane tanks were shut off or not. I asked. Their only concern was with propane delivery trucks.
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