Regulator freeze up

[bopper4]

This past weekend on lotw I had some problems with what I beleive was my regulator freezing up. I dont beleive I had any moisture in the line and I switched regs and it worked for a while and then froze up again. Does anyone have any suggestions to stopping this problem? What I did was covered the tank with a blanket and put my generator exhaust on it to keep it thawed.

[GRAND DAD]

Ya I had the same problem up there this weekend, What I always do is have a bunch of those hand warmers and wrape 2 of them and a hand towel around the regulater. If that doesn't work I always keep a emagency 20lp tank in the fish house at night, and will swap out tanks long enough to get my big tank warmed up and flowing. at least this is what I do.

[Hd Wtr Hillbilly]

I had the same problem this weekend as well in the middle of the night. I keep a buddy heater as a back-up, I just set that up inside the house for the rest of the night and when the sun came up my regulator thawed out. I like the idea of blanket and generator exaust.

[wayne123]

I do not think the regulator is freezing up. I think the tank was too cold. There is less pressure in the tank when it is cold. A blanket around the tank can help.

[minnesotathorn]

i asked an lp man about this & he said it is the tank not the regulator. a full tank will work but a 1/2 full tank may not work if it is cold enough. a larger tank works better than the small ones but at -44 lp will no longer flow no matter the tank size. wind chill also affects flow but has to be much more than just the -44. he suggested getting a longer lp hose & burying the tank in the snow. i saw some say they got extra regulators & had them inside the house for extreme cold. the lp guy did not recommend doing this. too unsafe. also shaking an 1/2 full tank will keep the lp flowing. not sure how long it works after shaking though. i just have spare tanks & at night make sure i have a full tank. when sun comes out i switch to used tans to finish them off.

[TopWalker]

I had the same issue with my Big Buddy Heater and the 12 ft hose w/regulator with a full 20 lb tank. It would run for a few seconds then the pilot light would go out. I brought the hose inside to thaw after I got home and hooked it back up and everything is working fine.

[riverview]

i had the same problem with my big buddy 12 foot hose quick coupler with regulator on the 3rd day of below zero last weekend. i had to break out the old mr heater cooker. i got more heat off the heater cooker. but i do like the big buddy for the clean burning.

[erik-the-great]

i had the same trouble, i have a 16000btu empire vent free that has a thermostat and had nothing but trouble now my father in law has the same heater but does not have the thermostat and he didnot have any trouble the only thing i can figure out is that he is pulling lp all the time causing the reg or lp not to freeze up