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Subject:Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:32:52 -0500

At 09:24 AM 1/10/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>One thing that makes the new regulators longer is the length of the
>POL fitting feeding them. That can usually be removed and replaced
>with a shorter fitting.

Just make certain that the replacement (male) POL fitting is an
RV-rated "excess flow" type.  The name is a bit misleading -- it
means that if the flow rate through the fitting is too high (as in an
accident) the fitting trips internally and shuts off the flow.

Yours,
David