very slight and then stops in a second as it pressurises your lines
would be okay. if it keeps hissing you have a leak on the other side of
the valve from the pressure regulator on up to the appliances.  you may
also have bad seals in the valve. the knob is opening.  smell of lp
means you need to get it checked.  all  the lp guy said was that the
tank was okay.  and not leaking.  A leak i was trying to locate and
thought i had fixed ended up with a minor flashback explosion that
almost ruined my pants but fortunately not much else.
jimt
On Friday, Oct 18, 2002, at 12:50 America/Denver, Gordy Jones wrote:

> So I guess I don't have much experience with propane. When you turn
> the knob underneath the van, should there be a slight hissing or not?
> the smell of the propane is pretty apparent when I loosen the knob. I
> had originally thought that i had a leak but when i went to fill up
> the tank, the guy said that it was completely full and that he could
> not fit any more in there at all. The stove does seem to work now but
> my only concern is the smell and the slight hissing noise when
> loosening the valve...
>
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