Today we're going to be talking about this guy! This is GasStop! GasStop is a
safety device that connects to your propane tank and shuts off your propane
100% right at the tank, in the event of a broken or severed line, caused by things
like a tire blowout, an old dry rotted line, or maybe even a critter that may
have chewed up one of your propane lines. Now there are two types of these
GasStop devices. One is a POL connection device, that would be this guy. This
connects to like your Class C or Class A motorhomes and then there's the ACME
type 1 connection which is used on your travel trailers or fifth wheels. Today I'm showing the ACME, this would be for fifth wheels, travel trailers or toy
haulers. They take about five minutes and they go right on the tank, you turn your
tank on, press down give it a couple of clicks, that sets the little steel ball
in motion and in the event you had a rupture breaking the line, it's gonna
shut your propane completely off keeping you and your RV safe. To install this,
first we got to take our cover off of our regulator. So one thing I want to
point out is somebody before we purchased this RV had put a little
connect on here for like a gas grill. With this being here it kind of put the
regulator off, clear off to the side. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm going to take
this off and just leave it off since we don't use it and just put the gas stop
device directly here, then move the regulator over right on to the GasStop device.
It gives us one less connection to worry about because if I did put the GasStop
on here, that would put the regulator over even further, clear over here. It would make that regulator even more susceptible to damage being away from
this plate here that protects it. So the first thing we want to do is, we want to
make sure the propane is shut completely off.
Now just as a reminder on the acne connection type for your fifth wheels
and travel trailers, the connection is easier than on a Class A, you just simply
disconnect it... after turning your gas off, first you disconnect the hose and just
hand tighten the GasStop device on, connect your hose back up to the end of
that and then just turn your gas right back on. For this, as a Class A and with
our setup here we have a little extra piece that we're going to take off here,
So we got a little bit more to do, but it's still a very simple install. So
first if you have not done an install like this before one thing that you want
to keep in mind is that typically when you tighten something, it's righty
tighty. With propane, it's the complete opposite. You actually turn to the left
to tighten it and turn to the right to loosen it.
Hopefully you brought popcorn? (humor)
So now I've taken this extra piece off and again this was just a device that
gives you another connection if you want to hook up one of your gas grills or
something like that. Since we don't use it, I'm just gonna put this in my box and
maybe I'll use it at another time. Now the one thing you want to make sure you
do, is connect your GasStop to your regulator first.
I like to hand tighten everything before you put the wrenches on it, just makes
it go a little bit quicker. Once you have everything tightened up you need to
go ahead and turn your gas on and check for leaks. Once you have your gas on you
notice that the gauge still stays low. That's because you have not primed the
valve yet so press three times down on the GasStop valve and that has primed it and as
you can see, we're in between the yellow and the green area. If it's in the yellow
you want to be careful, that could be too much high pressure.
Now spray your soapy water on the lines. I do have a bubble down here so I want to make sure
that it is tightened a little bit better. I tightened them back up and now
we're gonna see if we have any leaks. GasStop also tells you how much propane you have
in your tank as well. If you're not sure if one gauge is correct, you have a second
backup gauge to go by. Another good use of this GasStop device is, it also is a
minor leak detector. Once you have the valve all primed up, you wait about two
minutes, come back and see if that gauge is in the exact same spot. If you have a
minor leak, that gauge will go down a little bit and then what you need to do is go
around and spray with that soapy water, and check and see where you might have a
leak, because you do know that there's no leak at the tank. It's somewhere from
this point on. So now it's been past two minutes, I came back and checked the gauge
and the gauge is just fine same place as it was when we first checked it so now
we put our cap back on the regulator and we should be good to go!
A few other great things about this valve is it has a five-year warranty they are
individually tested before they're sold and they're made from solid brass. For us,
especially since this propane tank is right behind one of the front tires. We
didn't want to take a chance and have a tire blowout and have the
tire rupture a line or something and cause some serious injuries.
We were not paid to review this product, but we did receive the product for free.
If you are interested in GasStop, we've provided a LivinRVision
coupon code down below and in the description down below as well. We hope
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