Liquid propane gas can blow your boat right out of the water, so don't cheat when installing this system. Starting with the bottles:

The best place to mount the bottles is on deck. The thing to remember is that we don't want any L.P.G. to find its way into the bilge, or collect in any concentration, anywhere else. So when choosing the place for the bottles make sure that its natural drainage is directly overboard. After selecting the place, take a bucket of water and dump it right on the spot. The path the water takes is the path that any stray L. P.G. fumes will take if they materialize. If there is no good place on deck because of structural reasons, then a compartment will have to be made. This compartment must be water tight, top opening only, have at least a 1/2" direct drain overboard exiting through the hull above the water line, and the top must have a rubber gasket and good rugged latch. Also, nothing but L. P. Gas bottles can be stored in this space. When the box is complete, dump a bucket of water in it and see that all the water will drain out.

The fuel line should be type K or L copper tubing. It should be an unbroken run from the regulator to the emergency shut off valve. It should be located out of high traffic areas but do not bury it. Every couple of weeks or so you should examine it, so keep it where you can and will look at it. It should be secured where ever needed with plastic wire clips.

The emergency shut off valve should be a pack-less type. It should be located away from the stove, so if the stove should flare up you can shut the fuel to the stove off without getting too close to the flame. The run from the emergency shut off valve to the flexible hose on the stove should be copper tubing. Check all the connections for leaks with a solution of soapy water. If there are any leaks they will show themselves by blowing bubbles. Do not test for leaks with a lit match.

Some things to think about:

1. Shut the L. P. Gas off at the bottles when you are leaving the boat for some time and in all emergencies.

 2. Make sure all the stove valves are turned off before the L.P. Gas bottles are turned on.

3. Close the Emergency shut off valve whenever the stove is not being used.

4. Test the stove and fuel line for leakage every couple of weeks and after any emergency.

5. When lighting the stove, put the flame to the burner before you turn on the valve.

NOTE:

The vulnerable part of this stove, or any other stove for that matter, is its valves. In rough sea conditions bodies can get thrown around the galley pretty well and finding yourself up against the stove is not unheard of. As tough as we can make these valves and valve stems, such falling bodies can bend the valve stems and thereby disturb their seat in the valve casting, thus causing a leak. We therefore advise a removable sea bar be installed in front of the stove at the same height as the valve stems to the surface burners. This should be a rugged installation as it will get a lot of use.