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[m1noel]

Originally Posted by RVwife

Yes, I believe you are correct and gave a good explanation of the valve and it's function as I understood it after talking to the pro at the propane depot.

Our Axis has a permanently mounted 10 gal (?)/40# tank, so that all makes sense.

Budman, I'll try to get you a photo (but don't hold your breath, I'm slow at posting them. DH is out there now, so maybe I can get him to take a quick shot with his phone.)

For now, our valve is located sort of in the right upper quadrant of the panel and what you have on view when you open the basement door. It's quite small, almost like a little hexnut with a small flange on the side. It was quite easy to turn (loose). After the tank was filled, the fellow tightened it again. No tools involved, but a good firm finger tight.

And as follow up, the tank is still full this AM. No odor. Stove top lit right up, so hopefully we are safe and set to still take our trip.

Now I'm curious, has anyone else had this valve loosen up on them just from road vibration?

I haven't had one loosen on the road, but an attendant failed to close ours after he filled it once on our last coach, and but the time we reached our destination (about 300 miles) our tank was virtually empty.