Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

We bought one of the 3-burner Wedgewood Vision cooktops for our teardrop. I tried the long & hard route of connecting a propane bottle to it, failing in the process. In the end, the right way was so easy & simple. Just so someone doesn't go down the same path I did... this is all you need:

Mr. Heater Hose and Regulator

(You don't have to get this one... most hardware stores carry the same type of product.)

I think most cooktops have a 3/8" male flared fitting. These replacement regulator/hose setups are exactly what you need and come in various lengths. Don't try and cobble a line together with 3 fittings.... the stove just won't work. Trust me...

I also found this little gadget that will allow you to connect a throwaway propane bottle to a QCC connector:

http://www.mrheater.com/product.aspx?catid=357&id=97

Be safe...

I have the 2 burner wedgewood and connected it in a similar manner. Only difference was I ran a hard copper line to the connector as you then the reg. connected to the last chance or steck saver and connected it to a 1 lbs bottle. It about 2-3 days depending.

Dave

We bought one of the5lb propane bottles. The stove is in a slide out drawer with the bottle underneath. The 24" hose/regulator setup turned out to be perfect. I found our local RV dealer will fill the 5lb bottle by weight, no minimum. I think it cost me $8 to have it filled.

boomboomtulum wrote:I have the 2 burner wedgewood and connected it in a similar manner. Only difference was I ran a hard copper line to the connector as you then the reg. connected to the last chance or steck saver and connected it to a 1 lbs bottle. It about 2-3 days depending.

Dave

Not real keen on having propane tank inside of enclosed area without some vents.... IF you plan on keeping tank inside galley area, you might want to consider a vent in floor....

Dale

My 3 burner wedgewood with oven is plumbed in just like my home range.

Other than a short whip from tank to 1/2 black pipe it is black pipe and needed black iron fittings from the tongue box to where it pops up thru the floor where it is connected to a flexable gas line to the stove. I have no worries about punctured long hoses or an errant fastner poking a hole in soft copper. I even found some 3/16 aluminum plate that I cut and fitted to both sides and the rear of the stove to avoid direct contact from the stove sides to the wood walls.

It just me

Thank you so much. I just found one of these stoves on eBay for $59 and was a bit nervous about not knowing how to hook up something highly explosive.
Becky

I know this thread is old, but I am trying to find or make a flex hose for my 2 burner coleman stove so that I dont need an extra 8 inches of counter top width. Has anyone ever rigged up a rubber hose to replace the standard hard line

kd5edj63 wrote:I know this thread is old, but I am trying to find or make a flex hose for my 2 burner coleman stove so that I dont need an extra 8 inches of counter top width. Has anyone ever rigged up a rubber hose to replace the standard hard line

If you are talking about changing out the hard tube that connects the regulator (where the 1 lb propane can connects) to the side of the stove, you'll have difficulties because there's an "interlock" valve that prevents gas from escaping when it's not connected. A better idea is to use a "bulk tank to 1 lb tank" replacement hose, available from Mr. Heater or almost any sporting goods store.

I run my Coleman 2-burner propane stove off a 20 lb tank that way.

<Chas>

can you post a link or a part number.

kd5edj63 wrote:can you post a link or a part number.

F273701

Just google that number you'll find a bunch of sources. That's a 5' hose with a POL nut connection to the bulk tank (left-hand thread conical brass fitting).

<Chas>

Thank you so much. I will look that up

ok. I looked it up. Will that hose connect both to the stove and to a 1 pound propane bottle. I dont want to lug a large 20 pound tank around.
Upon closer look, it appears neither end will hook up to my stove nor a 1 pound bottle

As I said in my first post, that hose hooks a 20lb tank to your stove instead of using 1 lb bottles.

To just move the 1 lb tank away from the stove, you need this http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/390530314000?lpid=82

But as I said none will hook directly to the stove because of the regulator that must be between the tank and the stove.

<Chas>

I am a fair to decent plumber having been in industrial maintenance and having plumbed my home and a few trailers


HOWEVER

When standing in the LP section of Rural king or some other box store I, to, scratch my head.

If you have never stepped foot into a LP distributors show room go do it. Take your stove and tank and ask them to put them together. These guys will reach over to the wall and lay down 2 to 3 fittings and you will be adapted and probably for far cheaper than the box stores.

bobhenry wrote:I am a fair to decent plumber having been in industrial maintenance and having plumbed my home and a few trailers


HOWEVER

When standing in the LP section of Rural king or some other box store I, to, scratch my head.

If you have never stepped foot into a LP distributors show room go do it. Take your stove and tank and ask them to put them together. These guys will reach over to the wall and lay down 2 to 3 fittings and you will be adapted and probably for far cheaper than the box stores.

I might just do that. I'm not about to spend $50 on a hose that needs further modification to alter my $70 stove. For $150 I can get a new stove with a flex hose and can be use counter top or stand alone. I just want to use my $70 stove since I already have it. I refuse to spend money I dont have to build this trailer. Im not the government