Re: [VAL] Re: LP valves

[Jim Clark <jec1938@xxxxxxxx>]

Note the difference between automatic changeover and the all caps warning 
that switching manually is required to "change cylinders"   ... That's not 
refering to the changing of which cylinder is supplying gas, it's referring 
to removing the empty cylinder and changing to a new cylinder on the side 
that went empty... If you don't switch the regulator to the the full (now 
operating) side before taking the empty cylinder off, you will get some 
leakage from the open "empty" side... I did that and noticed the smell 
(ethyl mercaptin) used to warn of gas leakage and found it stopped leaking 
when I moved the handle to the side now supplying the gas...The indicator 
resets and the empty side will become the new reserve side once you refill 
the empty cylinder... The regulator will automatically switch the system to 
the side you just replaced when the operating side empties... And on and on 
whithout ever a cold night... probably called automatic bilateral 
switchover by the purists...

Note the regulator is the same as the Mr. Heater model but the old picture 
shows the slide switch... The one I  purchased has a rotary (lever) handle 
that points to the side supplying the gas...

Expect to pay $40 or more depending on the store...

Jim