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[A/S] Re: Brrr, It's cold in here.
I know I osted this reasoning before but I feel I must repeat it be
fore you go tearing the heater apart, with head-arms and tools under
the kitchen sink.
Pressure in a propane tank varies with ambient temperature. The
colder it gets the less pressure the liquid in the LP tank generates.
Not knowing where you are located and where your trailer was
orginally setup, your regulator might have been set ina warm/hot
climate, with the LP tank pressure nice and high. With the cold
winter the tank pressure can be much lower and cause the gas pressure
to be to low for the funance system. I had this problem on a old
Scotty I brought to OR from south TX. I found the problem when my
funance pilot woun't say on, by carefully warming the tanks with an
electric heater and a tarp. When I proved it to myself, I had the
regulaor ajusted to the upper end of the correct pressure range and
never had the problem again.
Vince
'68 Safari
So. Oregon
Vince