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Subject:Re: Propex and getting gas tight fittings
From:Richard A Jones
Date:Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:51:08 -0600

> Just get yourself a =
> good flaring kit, practice on a couple of scrap pieces if you must, but =
> basically they're pretty easy.

I did this and it is harder than it seems.  It gets very hard
if the line is installed in a tight place.  I'd say flares are
"easy" only on a pipe that gets put in place later.  I see on
my daughter's popup tent trailer that all the propane lines can
be removed--all the holes are big enough for the flare nut.

If I were doing it over--connecting two propane tanks and
a Carver--on my Westy, I'd find an RV shop that would do it.
They have done the practicing.

Another option, and one that an RV shop might want to do today,
is use flexible lines.  I think more and more RVs are going
that way.

Richard