Propane and Stove:
Originally I had plans to build a cabinet to hold the propane bottles under the bus because I didn't want to give up valuable cargos space. However, partitioning the existing bay is so much simpler therefore the KISS principle dictates I use it. | ||
Two bottles fit nicely after I cut out the top of the bay. | ||
The partition is screwed in with sheet metal screws and I've "vented" the bottom of the bay by making two holes with my cutting torch. They'll be a foam gasket between the cargo bay and the gasworks. | The partion is made from a couple of pieces of steel shelving screwed together. I think these came from a place I worked at in the mid nineteen-eighties! | |
Here's one bottles in place and connected to the regulator. | ||
I used one of the old seatbelts to secure the tanks. | ||
Black iron pipe is used on the exterior of the bus and changes over to copper tubing upon entering the living area. | ||
I used a piece of computer power cord as a mandrel to make a sharp bend in the copper tubing. | ||
To prepare the end of the tube you have to use a special tool to flare it. Don't forget to put the nut on first! | Home Depot has the flaring tool, pipe and tubing. The flaring tool was about $20. | |
Routing the tubing through the cabinet for the stove. | ||
The stove slides in and the tubing connects to a fiting on the manifold. | The stove came fromTimbucktu, my local RV store. It was about $350 new. |
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