LPG woes

[rf2]

Hey Rob, I just bounced this off a licensed G1 tech and he said your regulator has gone bad. Needs to be replaced.
Yes, he knows its new but...

Thanks for the info. Maybe I will call the company and explain the situation, see what they have to say. It should be under warranty.

[Bushmoose]

I considered using the stove instead of buying the heater, but that seemed sketchy. .

Why would you think it's sketchy? Its just used to give the cabin warm up a quick boost, is it not? It'd be the same thing as using it to cook, except nothing is on the stove. If it makes you feel better, fry some bacon n eggs?

[rf2]

Why would you think it's sketchy? Its just used to give the cabin warm up a quick boost, is it not? It'd be the same thing as using it to cook, except nothing is on the stove. If it makes you feel better, fry some bacon n eggs?

Well, I was also planning to run the Big Buddy heater for longer periods if need be. It's designed for that purpose and has a built in low oxygen sensor. I don't know, I just feel that an oven is not designed to be a space heater. You're probably right though, no more sketchy than the Buddy heater.

[Bushmoose]

Well, I was also planning to run the Big Buddy heater for longer periods if need be. It's designed for that purpose and has a built in low oxygen sensor. I don't know, I just feel that an oven is not designed to be a space heater. You're probably right though, no more sketchy than the Buddy heater.

Perhaps not for overnight, but putting the oven on for 2-3-4 hours is nothing different than cooking a roast.

[rf2]

For anyone that was following this thread and who was curious - the installer came by last month and changed the regulator. The employee noted that they had received a few complaints about certain regulator models. He also mentioned that there was a bit of debris in the regulator connector. Everything is working perfectly now, and I noticed that the flame out of my propane stove does seem to be a bit higher, so I think the pressure out of the old regulator might have been on the lower side of acceptable.
I also tried getting my Big Buddy heater to run off of the central propane system. While it took a long time to purge the air out of the line I used to connect to the central system, I was able to get the Buddy heater going. Come the fall, I will probably request a fill-up on my tank, and apparently they can put some methanol in there to reduce the chances of any freezing over the winter. I hope everything works out this fall/winter!

[Sam Menard]

Some (not all) Big Buddy propane lines require an inline filter as the lines can shed some fine debris which will eventually clog the heater. I think there is info on the Big Buddy website about which lines require the filter.

[rf2]

Some (not all) Big Buddy propane lines require an inline filter as the lines can shed some fine debris which will eventually clog the heater. I think there is info on the Big Buddy website about which lines require the filter.

Yes, this issue was discussed in an earlier post in this thread. I looked in to all of that and am doing everything properly. Have a look at the earlier post, as I tried to provide some useful information on the topic.