Adding Line from propane locker to magma grill
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One option I planned for my Hunter 386 is to connect a y-valve OR tee to the tank. Then connect the existing LPG hose/regulator that goes to your cabin stove to the y-valve and another LPG hose regulator (with a quick disconnect connection if you want) that goes to your grill. No through deck fittings if you take the LPG tank locker cover off while you are using the grill. Check out the youtube video on how this was done on a fifth wheel trailer (same idea on a sailboat).
The PO of my boat teed off the propane line and ran a line to the grill with a quick-disconnect fitting mounted in the engine control panel. To use the grill, I connect a line from the grill to the quick disconnect and turn on the solenoid to activate the propane.
the quick disconnect is like an air hose quick disconnect...
I don’t keep the grill mounted on the rail all the time, hence the disconnect.
i don't really like the set up, But it is pretty easy to use.
Greg
the quick disconnect is like an air hose quick disconnect...
I don’t keep the grill mounted on the rail all the time, hence the disconnect.
i don't really like the set up, But it is pretty easy to use.
Greg
And if course you need the proper regulator valve for your grill. The pressures are not the same from a portable bottle to the built in tank, so you need to account for that. I recently replaced my old Magma with a new Kuuma, but while the Magma regulator fits on the Kuuma, the burner barely lights. Must be the jets aren't the same size. Had to go back to the bottle.
Capt jgw, can you explain more about different pressures in the two types of tanks. Magma blamed my use of a 4.25 lb tank vs the 1lb throwaway tanks as the reason why my new regulator failed after a year. They replaced it under warranty but they didn't respond to my question on why. Trying to understand the physics...
I thought the pressure in the tank above the liquid was dependent only on the ambient temperature, not the volume of the tank. I use my spare 4.25 tank with an adapter hose to send the gas to the Magma regulator while my first 4.25 lb tank hooks to the boat's solenoid and regulator for the stove.
Ok. I looked it up and I guess I miss spoke on that. The pressures vary due to temperature and it doesn't matter what the volume is, except that a small tank at low temperature might not produce enough volume to run your burner. The delivery pressure and volume to the burner apparently does matter, the wrong pressure or volume will cause too much or too little flame. Hence my new Kuuma barely lighting with the Magma regulator. The burner on the Kuuma must need more pressure or volume.
As to the claim that a larger tank killed your regulator, I don't understand that either. The only thing that could have been different was the available volume, and that shouldn't matter.
Finally getting to get back to the boat this weekend. Have a lot of cleanup but will be looking this over again and will get pics. A friend mentioned plumbing the storage locker for the grill and leaving the main as is. Would be simple to wire another solenoid to the grill. Lotsa work to do this fall,,,cant wait
I've been using a 4.25 tank for over 10 years with a hose and Magma regulator that came with the grill with no issues. I keep a small 1lb for back up when I empty the larger tank and both work fine.