Personally I don't care if it is legal or not, just safe.  When was the last
time anyone had a DOT inspection.  I used rubber hose for my camper
conversion and the guy creating the hoses said it would be o.k. because the
regulator brings the pressure down to < 1 psi so it should not be an issue.
   High pressure hoses would be a different story I assume.

He also mentioned that each time you fill your propane tank you are supposed
to check for gas leaks throughout  the system.  Who does that?

>From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: co/propane/propex
>Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:29:35 -0700
>
>"In a message dated 29/11/2006 12:28:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>And, I'm  not using copper tubing, rather the rubber hose commonly
>used  now.
>Rubber hose is illegal for permanent Propane  service under a vehicle in my
>locality.  Are you sure it's legal where you  are?"
>Cheers,
>Frank  Condelli
>
>Yes, it is legal. On or under. The information from the local dealers is
>that the "new" tank must be no closer to the unit consuming the propane
>(stove, heater, etc.) than the OEM unit. On trailer/camper units it must be
>10' away from the consuming device inside. So, what this means is that a
>"new" tank, installed under the sliding door, servicing a heater installed
>in the rear bench space, is routed through the OEM tank. I'm "T"-ing the
>OEM
>line over and into the rear bench by going in through the electrical hole
>that was used to power the OEM heater (which I removed because I live in
>LaLa Land ... Salt Lake City where it is currently a balmy 25 degrees or
>so). The "new" tank will have rubber hose running over to the OEM tank.
>That
>means I'm using about 4' of rubber hose between the tanks and another 4' to
>the Carver heater in the bench space. "Fudging" would be to route the
>rubber
>hose directly from the "new" tank, under the sliding door, directly into
>the
>bench space to run the Carver. That would only be about 2 1/2', but
>probably
>no closer than the distance from the OEM tank to the fridge and stove on
>our
>vans. The steel barrier, for one, and the fact that the tank is outside
>(exposed to air/environment/venting) and the consuming device is inside,
>also gets some verbiage text in the state guidelines here.
>
>Bob Stevens
>'87 Westy Syncro
>"Passion Fruit"

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