Propane BBQ grill hookup to the house...

[alia176]

Ok, here's the deal. I have a LP BBQ grill that I want to hook up to our whole house LP system. All of our appliances run on LP BTW. I hooked up the BBQ grill to the house supply by installing a shutoff valve and a regulator made for a BBQ grill. This hookup is producing less than stellar heat output out of the burner. The flames are blue but very short.

My question: do I need this regulator or can I eliminate it? I guess I should see what is the "WC" setpoint of the whole house regulator is that's on top of my LP tank. This BBQ grill regulator is set for 11" WC.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

Ali
(very hungry )

 

[78-FJ40]

(very hungry )

Sorry, no help here. Just thought that line was funny.

Does this help?

 

[grant5127]

To get mine to operate properly... I removed the grill regulator... the grill regulator needs to have tank pressure to function correctly...

 

[cruiserdan]

Ali I'm not sure that plumbing your grille into the house propane is a good idea.

Around here we sometimes forget to shut the grille down and the worst thing that happens is we empty a 5 gallon tank....


If it gets left on it could go through a lot of fuel before someone remembers. Then you have to call the propane people to come fill you back up.

We are on propane here and I have not hooked the grille up for that very reason.

 

[alia176]

To get mine to operate properly... I removed the grill regulator... the grill regulator needs to have tank pressure to function correctly...

DUDE, i got flamage and some cooked Pork chops....Yummmmmmmmm

Thanks!

Greasy fingers on the keyboards......

 

[jts560]

My last house had the grill connected to the natural gas supply via a quick connect coupler courtesy of the P.O. Wish I could help you out with the technical details, but as far as I remember it used a coupler similar to one you would find on an air compressor, with a shut off valve just before the coupler. The only regulator was the main unit for the entire house. The grill had a flexible gas line connected directly to the burner/control assembly with a male fitting on the end. One of my favorite things ever, never running out of gas, way faster and cheaper than propane tanks or charcoal (although to really do it right you have to go with charcoal or wood ,regardless of what Hank Hill would have you believe). The grill was left on overnight a couple of times, didn't cost much. With a gas water heater, heat (North Central Florida), and grill the gas bill as never much over $60/mth and I grilled my ass off. It's the tits, really miss it, no gas at the new place so the weber has been taking care of the light work.

Good luck

 

[alia176]

My previous house had a built in grill plumbed directly to the house Natural Gas. We were used to that convenience as to why I did the same thing with my current LP unit.

I did install a manual shut off valve and an automatic valve. This auto valve shuts off in case there's a sudden leak in the grill. It's our habit to shut off the manual shut off valve after each use, I feel that we should be ok.

Thanks for the inputs fellas.