Natural gas hook up!!!

[Milo162]

Hi guys, I have a jayco jayflight 264BH SLX and we love it. I am putting hook ups in my house to be able to use all amenities in my house as if I was ar a campsite. I want to connect the natural gas from my house to the TT so I can run stove, oven and furnace without having to replace the propane tanks so often. Does anyone know what kind of conversion kit I need in order to do this? Has anyone done it?

[MichaelO]

You would have to convert everything that uses propane to natural gas while hooked up to your house. Then when you want to use propane you would have to convert it back to use propane. You would be better off just sticking with propane. Maybe you could get a bigger tank for use at home.

[craigav]

Most home gas appliances have kits to change the orifice to use propane or NG, as NG is lower pressure and requires a larger jet opening. However, I have never seen any RV appliance having such a kit as the manufactures only intend those appliances to run on propane which is a higher pressure and therefore a smaller jet (orifice). I (and many others) use a larger propane tank for extended stays and\or when at home, I usually use mine just so I don't have to refill the onboard tank prior to RV'ing but it is not hard to refill, finding a place to refill it is the challenge when traveling. ~CA

[norty1]

It may be a great idea but..... what will you do when you get on the road? I have never seen this done or proposed.

[clwnsho]

you might need to ask a friend who has a friend who is a gasfitter. i am running a rinnai "propane" 18k btu furnace in my shop on natural gas. no orifice change. he checked it out an because it is a low pressure device all i needed to do was take off the propane regulator and hook it straight to the house with a bbq quick connect kit. as long as your service on your house is low pressure it might be possible to use the outside rv bbq fitting to provide natural gas to your rv. easy way to check is fire up the stove and make sure you have a nice blue flame. not saying its the way but it is a way.

[Jagiven]

Welcome aboard! Definitely want to talk with an HVAC person.. propane has about 2500btu/cf. Natural gas has ~1030(??) Btus/cf. No has less than 1/2 the btus than LPG. Normally you swap out the jets. What I would worry about is adjusting all of the fuel/air. Might be fine might not be.

If it would never move from home, might be worth it. But I agree, get a couple 40+ pound tank, mount it to a dolly at home.

[michael.g]

I have never heard of anyone doing it and doing a quick Google search didn't bring up anything. I think you'd be better off getting a 200lb tank installed at the house and ordering a propane delivery as needed, no need to worry about taking tanks somewhere for a refill. Getting a residential tank refilled is usually a good bit cheaper than getting a 20 or 30lb tank filled at a gas station, hardware store or truck stop.

The RV furnace uses a lot of propane. Being at the house, I would use electric space heaters instead. Also, use the water heater on electric and you should be able to go a long time without a propane refill.

-Michael