Extend a stay for auxiliary propane tank

[Melly May]

Has anyone installed an extend a stay type setup to connect to an auxiliary propane tank on a 2006 Winnebago Tour? If so please provide photos and any tips you may have. Purchased a kit but have found it won't work and may have to have a custom made set-up.

[DavidM]

Don't know the specifics of a Tour but here are two ways to do it: low pressure and high pressure. Lots of Yutube vedeos provide details.

For the high pressure side you put a tee and a valve between the LP tank and the regulator. Then you hook it up to your appliance's regulator with a high pressure hose.

For the low pressure side you do the same thing but after the regulator. The tee can be anyplace downstream of the regulator and can be a branch that terminates under the bumper with a quick connect fitting like some coaches come from the factory done that way. You then hook up your appliance with no regulator, ie the low pressure side. Most grills and smokers that use a 20 lb tank can be easily be hooked up this way.

David

[Melly May]

Originally Posted by DavidM

Don't know the specifics of a Tour but here are two ways to do it: low pressure and high pressure. Lots of Yutube vedeos provide details.

For the high pressure side you put a tee and a valve between the LP tank and the regulator. Then you hook it up to your appliance's regulator with a high pressure hose.

For the low pressure side you do the same thing but after the regulator. The tee can be anyplace downstream of the regulator and can be a branch that terminates under the bumper with a quick connect fitting like some coaches come from the factory done that way. You then hook up your appliance with no regulator, ie the low pressure side. Most grills and smokers that use a 20 lb tank can be easily be hooked up this way.

David

We want to hook up a portable/refillable propane tank to use when we run out of propane so we don't have to move our RV. We are parked as gate attendants for more than 4 months and it isn't easy to move everything every time we run out of propane. We aren't planning to use it to connect to a grill or any other appliance...just to be able to extend our stay in one place.

[Morich]

Maybe some more info on what the problems seem to be as it is a pretty normal thing and much of the time it just needs some different type or size of fittings or hoses. Much depends on what use you want to make of the addition.
From comments I see the main confusion seems to come from using two regulators in the same line. If you want to use a grill and it has a regulator already, it needs to get gas from a point before the regulator on the RV.
More info on what you have and what you want to do?

Whoops! should have waited four minutes more?
Lots of videos and none are pros but this is one that works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Rucge4w1UGA

[DavidM]

Originally Posted by Melly May

We want to hook up a portable/refillable propane tank to use when we run out of propane so we don't have to move our RV. We are parked as gate attendants for more than 4 months and it isn't easy to move everything every time we run out of propane. We aren't planning to use it to connect to a grill or any other appliance...just to be able to extend our stay in one place.

In that case a high pressure connection to a tee between the lp tank and the existing regulator wou.ld work best.

David