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Subject:Re: NVC [Friday] Natural Gas regulator
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:20:43 -0800

Should be able to find one here.  Look for parts for the grill you have: http://www.grillparts.com/ 

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 6:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: NVC [Friday] Natural Gas regulator

No, thanks - I don't need to convert the BBQ from propane to natural
gas, it is already a natural gas BBQ. It's the regulator that wants
replacing as it is balky.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 02/20/2015 04:03 PM, Dan N wrote:
> one of these?
>
> http://www.charbroil.com/grilling-smoking-accessories/natural-gas-conversion-kits.html
>
> http://www.familyhandyman.com/grills/gas-grill-propane-to-natural-gas-conversion/view-all
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On the barbecue. No, not a propane regulator, but a natural gas
>     regulator.
>
>     Our barbecue is a natural gas type and is connected to a spigot on the
>     wall via a tough flexy hose. Sometimes the regulator packs up and won't
>     open when the wall spigot is opened. I have to smack it with a spanner*
>     a couple times, and that don't always work, either.
>
>     It looks just like a propane regulator like you might find on a cheapie
>     WalMart barbecue, but of course it isn't. It has an innie hose and an
>     outie hose, looks pretty easy to swap out.
>
>     So -- where does a fellow go to get such a thing?
>
>     ===========
>     * I use a natural gas regulator spanner, of course, not a propane
>     regulator spanner. Different ratings.
>
>     --
>     Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>     1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>     Bend, Ore.
>
>