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I am moving and wanted to set up a temporary cook top. I have access to a used but in good shape RV stove top. Can I rig this as
a temp stove top? What would the poser requirements be? Am I be dangerous?
 
(quoted from post at 03:50:25 01/29/17) I am moving and wanted to set up a temporary cook top. I have access to a used but in good shape RV stove top. Can I rig this as
a temp stove top? What would the poser requirements be? Am I be dangerous?
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You can use a propane bottle like used for a barbecue. The RV stove runs on vapor like the barbecue, BUT you must use a regulator designed for a RV. Do NOT use the barbecue regulator. They use different pressure.
 
I believe when it come's to stove/heater/grill regulators psi is the same, BTU capacity is
the difference. All flow at same psi but different cubic feet per minute. Almost any
grill/stove/heater regulator will carry a rv range.Stated another way,you can run one room heater off a little grill regulator mounted on a 500 gallon tank. You could also run a 40 gallon water heater and a kitchen range and a central heating system a few minutes off a big residential tank regulator mounted on a grill bottle.
 
Pressure in a propane tank, large or small, can range between 100 and 200 psi...or even higher when the tank gets hot in the sun. This
propane tank pressure must be reduced and be regulated for use in a home, motor home, camper, or an outdoor gas appliance. A residential
application will require a low pressure regulator which reduces the gas pressure to 6 ounces (10.5 inches water column). This low pressure
regulator will be located on or near the main supply tank to the home, motor home, or camper.

Outdoor gas appliances such as high heat cast iron burners require the use of a high pressure regulator because they need more volumes of gas
than a low pressure regulator can deliver. High pressure regulators regulate the output pressure from 1 psi to as high as 60 psi.
 
Interesting.

Just tonight I test fired a 60,000 BTU high efficiency furnace that I am going to install in my shop using a 20 LB tank and a regulator and hose scavenged from a rusted out outdoor BBQ grill.

Measured regulator pressure output was 10.5" WC, just fine for the household furnace.

My point is you have to know the "specs" of what you are working with and a manometer or digital pressure gauge are pretty helpful, as well.
 
Jim, have taken 5-6 of them and done just that for our hunting camps. Made one for here at home for the wife and daughter to can on out side on. Work great. Even took one out of a motorhome with an oven in it.
 
I am currently remodeling my kitchen. I took the old burner top, and built a 2x4 frame for it, and put it in the garage. It works fine, off of a 15 pound barbecue bottle, with the same type of regulator. Just be sure to turn the bottle off EVERY time your done cooking, or you will get a faint small of gas now and then.
 
Yes, you can run a RV stovetop temporarily.

The RV stovetop will be set up for propane. As long as you are running it on propane, it will work.

If the house is already plumbed with propane, just connect it to the existing plumbing.

What you don't want to do is have the propane bottle inside the house. A bottle/regulator set up for a gas grill is the same pressure, but not intended to be used inside a living space, nor is it intended to be plumbed inside.

For indoor plumbing, the regulator is different. It is a 2 stage regulator with a vent. The regulator must be outside with the vent pointing downward to keep water from getting in. The vent is to release excess pressure outside, just in case something goes wrong.
 
Just put the tank outside and you will be fine. It only takes one overfilled LP tank blowing the safety, and it can blow up the entire house.
 
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