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Propane “fire pit” solutions for camping that actually put out useful heat?

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I can’t remember if I’ve ever actually posted this question. I carry two propane lines with my RV to allow me to get my griddle and my off-the-shelf propane fire pit a little way away from the propane hookup on the machine.

I’ve been tempted to sacrifice life and limb according to the (noisy, opinionated, and mostly idiotic) brain trust at every RV forum. I hate those propane extension lines due to their stubborn shape memory. I’m tempted to buy the ultra flexible air hose (HF knockoff of flexzilla, most likely), and adapt them to propane quick connects.

How exactly am I gonna die here? I’m assuming that MAYBE the propane specific disconnects are made to a higher leak standard and different materials than air. But they still end in NPT thread. So the hose itself—is it gonna come apart with exposure to extremely low-pressure hydrocarbon?

Is there some outstanding reason that these propane hoses are stubborn? I do know that one of mine is way worse than the other one, so worst case, I can order a second of the less-stubborn actual propane hoses. But it’s still tougher to wrangle and store than the ultra-flex air hoses.

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I have several propane rubber lines. They seem plenty flexible to me. Cant help on the air hose question but I do have some really long rubber propane hoses that arent that different from air hoses, they must be available somewhere. I got mine free or cheap, dont remember where.:homer:

Mainly dropped in to say I shortened one of my deck heaters by about 16 inches and can feel the heat a lot better now.:smokin:
 
OHV Wildcat said:
I can’t remember if I’ve ever actually posted this question. I carry two propane lines with my RV to allow me to get my griddle and my off-the-shelf propane fire pit a little way away from the propane hookup on the machine.

I’ve been tempted to sacrifice life and limb according to the (noisy, opinionated, and mostly idiotic) brain trust at every RV forum. I hate those propane extension lines due to their stubborn shape memory. I’m tempted to buy the ultra flexible air hose (HF knockoff of flexzilla, most likely), and adapt them to propane quick connects.

How exactly am I gonna die here? I’m assuming that MAYBE the propane specific disconnects are made to a higher leak standard and different materials than air. But they still end in NPT thread. So the hose itself—is it gonna come apart with exposure to extremely low-pressure hydrocarbon?

Is there some outstanding reason that these propane hoses are stubborn? I do know that one of mine is way worse than the other one, so worst case, I can order a second of the less-stubborn actual propane hoses. But it’s still tougher to wrangle and store than the ultra-flex air hoses.

Amazon.com

a.co
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I went down a rabbit hole for propane hose and the best as I can tell the hose is generally made bomb proof for DOT or UL reasons. A standard hydraulic type one wire hose would be more than adequate and tough as shit but to your point might have some memory.
 
Filthy McChevy said:
Mainly dropped in to say I shortened one of my deck heaters by about 16 inches and can feel the heat a lot better now.:smokin:
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Nice! My project has been back-burnered for now, been trying to get some yardwork done while the weather holds out. The propane heater will be an indoor project this winter.
 
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