Propane Grill Regulator Problem??

[hj]

quote: What I have to do is: turn the bottle off, unhook the hose from the low pressure side of the regulator to "bleed it", reconnect the hose, open the bottle slowly,

The tank has a "valve" in it that detects sudden flow and closes the outlet since it assumes something has broken. It stays closed until you stop the flow and allow it to "drop back" into its open position.

[Hammerlane]

The tank has a "valve" in it that detects sudden flow and closes the outlet since it assumes something has broken. It stays closed until you stop the flow and allow it to "drop back" into its open position.

Thats it in a nutshell

[DonL]

Turned out to be the regulator. Picked one up from local gas grill house along with an oetiker clamp and a barbed connector. Burner works fine now.

Only thing is the new regulator only has a single output so I can't use the side burner and the cylinder needs to be rotated 90 degrees an d now I need a bungee to secure it.

Was the vent hole on the old regulator open ?

Did you try the bang method to UN-stick the regulator ?

Side burners are handy, but not really necessary.

Nice that you have it working.

[Hammerlane]

Was the vent hole on the old regulator open ?

Did you try the bang method to UN-stick the regulator ?

Side burners are handy, but not really necessary.

Nice that you have it working.

Old reg did have a vent hole and I did try the bang method a few times.