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Subject:Re: problem with Propex 1600
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Wed, 11 Mar 1998 15:55:35 -0800

No I don't think it's possible that it's freezing. The valve is within the
heater unit itself.

-Mark

At 04:31 PM 3/11/98 -0500, EMZ wrote:
>     Propane has a property to freeze things. Is the
>     valve in an area that it could be freezing opened?
>
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>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>
>
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Mark McCulley wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem with my Propex 1600 that I got in the list purchase a
>> while back. The problem is that sometimes the heater will leak propane out
>> of the exhaust. My guess is that the automatic valve is not closing all the
>> way. This only happens after I've been using it, as if maybe the valve gets
>> hot and won't close all the way or something. Any ideas what to do about
>> this? I sure hate to take the thing out and send it back to England, but I
>> may have no other option.
>>
>> -Mark McCulley
>>
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