Purging LP bottles!
When we left on our 6K+ mile trip last month to the Pacific Ocean and back, I figured out that our LP supply to the trailer fridge wasn't working. No big deal, I switched to the other bottle. We used that bottle for the entire time we were on the road, 26 days, and it still was working when we returned this past Tuesday. (Yes, we used it all the time to keep the fridge cool, which is the subject of another thread here.) Anyway, today I took the bottle that failed to our local LP dealer, and he told me that many of today's newer LP bottles fail because they have not been properly purged. His view is that these new bottles still have a bit of moisture in them, and unless they are purged properly, they will fail to deliver propane when needed. Just as our bottle did. Anyway, we purged both the new bottles on the WH, and they now are hooked up and working properly.
Just fyi. YMMV.
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Mike
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab, long box, Duramax and 3.73, SRW
Equal-i-zer 1k WDH, 2013 White Hawk 27DSRL
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