Date:         Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:09:11 -0700
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
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ORR, you are probably correct, but is there sufficient clearance there?  I
know that some people install a second tank there (or I should say I have
heard that some people do, not that I know that they do).  But I have also
heard that one problem with that installation is clearance.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:06 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         Also To Be Considered @ this point ~ Moving the Propane Tank to
> the Passenger Side
>
> (Where It Should Have Been In The 1st Place) IMHO ~ To help with Weight
> Distribution &
>
> to allow it to be More Convenient for HookUp to Other Propane Needing
> Devices for OutSide
>
> Cooking & Creature Comforts ~
>
>
> On 29 Mar , 2017, at 8:31 PM, Patrick Spragge wrote:
>
> > Bending the tubing will cause it to harden. So bend it once...
> >
> > Patrick Spragge
> >
> >> On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Im not an expert but i bought bendable properly rated (thicker wall type
> >> than that used for refrigerator water supply) 3/8" copper pipe from an
> RV
> >> repair shop. It was easy to bend with a spring type bender.
> >>
> >> Neil.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Christophe Guilbert <
> >> cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi guys.
> >>>
> >>> I bought a new propane tank for my vanagon and the instruction said
> that
> >>> its unlikely that I have to cut the pipe. Well, turns out that I kink
> >>> the pipe trying to adjust it to the new tank ! :-[
> >>>
> >>> Any way , as a stupid person paying my craving DIY mistakes , I need to
> >>> rebuild the propane 3/8" copper tubing .
> >>>
> >>> I know its type K for sure but I don't know if the original tubing is
> >>> soft or hard ?
> >>>
> >>> To me , it is hard but online search said that you can't bend hard
> >>> copper  . Is that the case ?
> >>>
> >>> What if I use a tubing bender on hard tubing. Should I buy soft tubing
> ?
> >>>
> >>> Any input (of expert ) will be appreciate.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Neil n
> >>
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