Mr. Heater 75,000 BTU 12-Foot Propane Hose Assembly #F273702,Multicolored

4 reviews for Mr. Heater 75,000 BTU 12-Foot Propane Hose Assembly #F273702,Multicolored

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Hawaii guy – November 23, 2011

   I bought this to use with a BernzOmatic Blaze Away outdoor torch (lightweight–uses 1 pound disposable cylinders). This hose allows the weed burner to work with a 20 pound bulk tank. This hose should allow you to adapt any product that uses 1 pound disposable cylinders to use a bulk tank.I liked the 12 foot length (don’t have to move the bulk tank too often) and metal fittings with the internal style connector to the bulk tank. Hose is good quality. Only hitch was getting the plastic star wheel onto the tank end fitting. It is a tight fit–I used a rubber mallet with the star wheel resting on the open jaws of a vice. I don’t expect it will ever fall off!Some notes on adapting propane products:1. If your product uses 1 pound disposable cylinders, you should be able to use any adapter such as this hose to connect to a bulk tank. Propane in the cylinder or tank is in a liquid state and the pressure created by it evaporating to become the propane gas that you actually burn is the same. If your product needs a reduced pressure, it will have a regulator that you screw the 1 pound disposable cylinder into. There seems to be a lot of confusion about this. Even the representative I talked to at BernzOMatic got it wrong. He said I’d need a regulator to use a bulk tank with my Blaze Away weed burner.2. What will effect the propane gas pressure is temperature of the liquid. As the liquid propane evaporates, it cools. In the case of the Blaze Away weed burner, it uses propane at a rate that a 1 pound disposable cylinder cools down enough the pressure drops and the burner would go out and need to be re-lit. This would happen before the cylinder was empty and I’d have to switch to a new cylinder. Once the partial cylinder had warmed up, I could use the rest of the propane from it. Not a problem with a 20 pound bulk tank.3. There are two styles of fittings that connect to the modern bulk tanks with Overfill Protection Device (OPD) valves (required on 1 to 40 pound bulk tanks since 2002). One style screws onto the outside threads. These are often plastic. The other style screws into the internal threads and is usually brass. Both styles will open the internal anti-leak safety valve (A device that will keep propane gas from escaping the tank if the hose is removed and valve accidentally opened).

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Justin – January 14, 2012

   This is the perfect “Propane Accessory” for survivalists, campers, and outdoors-people! I got it today and tested it out on my Coleman Propane Camping stove. I connected it to the metal regulator that would ordinarily connect to a one-pound, disposable bottle of propane (and this regulator to the stove) then the opposite end to my 20 lb BBQ/Grill propane tank. I just cracked and shut the valve to pressurize this line as it was only a test.In about 10 seconds of opening the burner control on low and holding a flame next to it the air was purged from the line and the burner ignited perfectly. It burned for about a minute with just the air pressure in this hose before flaming out. I know 100% for sure now in the next power outage my family and I will be able to heat up food, boil water, and even simmer black-beans for hours. Think about it… a disposable one-pound bottle will last about 3 to 4 hours on low (one burner)… A BBQ sized tank will last 60 to 80 hours for only $15 in Propane Fuel! What do you want when your lights go out?I should mention the hose has the legacy left-handed threads. I think they should upgrade to the newer right-handed threads like my BBQ. It might also be smart to add a small high-pressure regulator set to maybe 60 PSI; since, no appliance is ever going to use that as the working pressure (they all have their own low-pressure regulator). Long term 60 PSI would be a lot easier on the hose than up to 250 PSI in the summer directly from the tank.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   mailbuggy – December 21, 2013

   I have bought about 60 of these hoses from Amazon and 100’s from other dealers, and have had zero problems. It is absolutely an excellent hose. For those of you who are leaving one star because you can’t get gas to go through the hose, it is not the hose causing this. It is the safety check valve inside your tank. All new tanks now have a safety check valve inside the tank inside the main shutoff valve. If there is ever a large break in a gas line, and a large amount of gas is escaping, this check valve will close, preventing gas from escaping. When you first pressurize this hose, that initial rush of gas into the hose can trip the check valve inside the tank, preventing gas from further exiting the tank. To solve the problem, close the main tank valve. Allow the hose to depressurize by using whatever gas is in the hose. Then, open the main tank valve again very slowly so gas can fill the hose slowly. If you hear a “click” at the tank shut off valve, you’ve tripped the check valve again. Depressurize again and open the shut off valve slower next time. Once the hose is pressurized, open the tank valve all the way. The small amount of gas that you will use for appliances will not trip the safety valve inside the tank. Your appliance should work properly.For those of you who are leaving low feedback scores because the ends of the hose are not correct for what you’re working on, is that really a fault of the hose? Not really understanding that. My suggestion is to ask first if you are unsure. There is plenty of info on this hose all over the internet. It is sold by many dealers. So you don’t need to make the mistake of buying it incorrectly and then blaming the hose for not having the ends you needed. Hate to see an excellent product like this degraded because of a consumer mistake.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   SC – June 27, 2023

   Works as expected on grill and latern. If using an buddy heater you MUST get a filter or it will clog the heater jet.