Loren and you are not alone in having the liquid spurt out :). I use green food color
in the water, so I had green water all over the place the first time. And of course
now you know that once it spurts out, you have to re-fill the tube to the 0 level.
Just to be sure, now I put a rag loosely over the end until it settles down.
It is my understanding that the regulators come from the factory pre-set to 11" WC.
It requires a hex key to turn the regulator, forget which size.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chubbuck" <paul@TAKINGFLIGHT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: LP pressure way too high--help request

> I guess I was mistaken.  I tried yet again measuring the manometer pressure
> again, opening the main valve VERY slowly, and this time I got a stable
> reading of 11-3/8" of water, very close to idea.  Not sure why there is that
> initial surge when opening the valve, but I guess my pressure is ok.
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Loren Busch
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: LP pressure way too high--help request
>
> RE: Excessive Propane Pressure
> Just a question about your test setup (having done the exact same thing
> about a month ago).  When I created my manometer and hooked it up, when I
> first opend the valve on the propane tank I got the same result, blew all
> the liquid (in my case coffee :) ) out the top.  After refilling I found
> that if I opened the valve very slowly I didn't have that problem.  Is it
> possible that you encountered the same thing?
>