Seeking adaptor for connecting German pressure regulator GOK to USA propane tank

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JohnK Austin TX

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Apr 16, 2020
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Catalina Capri 22 Lake Travis
Hello folks,

I have recently bought an European boat that came with German GOK pressure regulator. I am in USA and need an adapter to connect to USA propane tanks. I searched Trident and WestMarine but they only seem to have "European" to USA adaptors and not the German to USA

Do you know of an adaptor to connect this German regulator to a USA tank for the boat?

Thank you for your help
 

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JohnK Austin TX

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Apr 16, 2020
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Catalina Capri 22 Lake Travis
Hayden Watson said:
The simplest way is to buy a new regulator for the US standard tanks.
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Seemingly so but the boat already has the entire gas line hose routed through bulkheads with the German connection for this regulator... Before attempting to cut the hose and mess with new fittings, maybe a simple connector option exists...
 

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dLj

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Mar 23, 2017
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Belliure 41 Back in the Chesapeake
What may be easier is to find a connector that fits the end on your current hose that has a hose barb on the other end. Then connect to a short hose on on the other end the hose barb connection to US regulator. Essentially making your own adaptor, but then just keeping that German regulator if you ever need it.

As a note, finding these connections for propane/butane international type connection problems can be much more difficult than you may imagine... Ask me how I know....
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As a cruiser in the Antilles, I carried tanks of both kinds. I just bought a Y valve that would let me transfer from the European to the US regulator hoses. These can be had at places like Harbor Freight. I can't see why you would need to change the hose to below, no matter what you choose to do, unless it is unsafe.
Just for fun:
When I got to Turkey on my circumnavigation in the '70s, I needed propane.The guy at the filling station put up his hand as if to say wait, and went into his shop. With neither of us speaking the other's language, the game of International Charades was afoot. He came back with some fuel hose and fittings, put my 20# tanks in the back of his truck and had his employees put a much larger one in, and motioned for me to get in. I was having a gas, going through parts of town and then up into the hills. Terrorism wasn't a thing for cruisers at that time, but even if it was, I doubt that I would have worried about them grabbing a cruiser and his empty propane tanks.
Anyway, we ended up off the road in a beautiful green field, overlooking the town and port below, and far from other people. He was a brilliant International Charades player and soon the propane was flowing from his big tank into mine. It took some time, but they filled enough to cook and run the fridge/freezer for at least another month.
We returned to his shop and I tried to pay him for the gas and his time, but all he would take was a handshake. It seems a good time was had by both of us.
 
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