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Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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Same thing happened to me. Throw away green cans were fine, went to a 5 lb. tank and hose. Didn't work...well sometimes with a little witchcraft. Bought a different make hose and all is well. Seems to me, the push valve in the hose was not being opened when screwed into the BBQ inlet. We tested this and found it to be true. The hose I have now works fine and I may open the bottle valve at will without a thought, in any order. Measure the distance into the green propane orifice and correspondingly the hose end used to couple the hose to the bbq. One may find a difference that is critical to the passage of propane from the hose to the bbq.
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joelandlouise
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We had the same problem, over and over again... we fought it until I had had enough !!! We then GAVE OUR BABY Q away and purchased another much cheaper brand and have never been more happy... I (WE) couldn't be happier. We also now can put a nice dark searing on our steaks. It's nice to be a "Happy Camper" once more
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Hjudge49
St. Augustine, Fl.
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Have any of you tried useing the chassis tank on the motor home to power the portable grill? Since it is already regulated, will it provide enough pressure to fire the grill?
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xctraveler
Rochester, NY
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I use the chassis tank with an adapter that is between the tank and the regulator. This same adapter has two ports, one for high pressure to exterior items that have their own regulator and another to permit me to connect external tank to provide LP to the coach bypassing the main tank.
If connecting downstream of the coach regulator, you may not have sufficient pressure for your grill.
Paul
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wny_pat
Western NYS
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Herewego wrote:I've had the Weber Baby Q for a couple of years. Never could get the flame to adjust higher on the 5 lbs tank using the Weber hose. Tried opening the valve slowly, etc.
I may be wrong in my hypothesis, but since the Weber Baby Q is designed to be used with the small, throwaway high-pressure tanks, I have purchased an adapter from Camping World that I hope will do the trick.
After all, the objective is to use a high-pressure appliance off of a low-pressure, 5 lbs tank, no? So, to me, it would make sense to get the LP to come out of the 5 lbs tank in a fashion the grill was designed to be fed LP.
I ordered it today, and paid for the 3 day shipping. I'll post my results later in the week.
Your 5 lb tank is high pressure unless you have added a regulator to it or are using a hose with a built in regulator. I think your answer lies in the hose you are using and not the adaptor you are purchasing. Even with the disposable 1 lb tanks, there is not a lot of flame. The way the Baby Q is designed, you do not need a lot of flame.
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Larry Cohen
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I am using a 15 ft plain hose and have no flame/pressure problems with my baby q
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jsheath2006
New Richmond, Wisconsin
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Weber Q grill update - I called Weber's customer service number and told them about my continued problems with the grill. Since my grill was under warranty, they sent me a new regulator and adapter hose free of charge. We replaced the regulator and adapter and tested with no problem.
Happy Grilling!
Susan
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hipower
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Just for general information, and based on 36 years in the propane business, please consider this:
Propane in any size container at a similar ambient temperature will have a
similar pressure.
OPD valves do not incorporate true excess flow restrictors, but do have
flow restrictor openings in the valve bodies, thus emulating an excess flow
device.
Many of the early generation OPD valves were extremely finicky as it
pertains to the length of the nose of the connector nipple. If it wasn't
long enough it would not depress the plunger in the valve outlet to
release any gas. This was also a problem for refillers since they couldn't
get any gas back in the tanks.
These valves were found most often in tanks acquired at tank exchange
suppliers, like Lowe's and Wal-Mart, etc. Most were supplied to the market
by a company called Blue Rhino. Although not exclusively.
Most of the problems I have outlined above have been corrected over the last
five years or so.
Just food for thought.
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Herewego
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Here is the answer.
As pointed out, it's the POL fitting and correct hose.
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zsr22
Atlanta, GA
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To the people having trouble, are you getting any propane flow at all or is it just minimal flow? I have a Char-Broil 4 burner grill that has been giving me problems lately. I'm wondering if this is the same issue. Sometimes I only get a small amount of propane flow out to the burners and the grill is barely getting to 180°. If I undo the line and tinker with the bottle then I can usually get it to start flowing good again. But I have no idea what the problem is.
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