Video Transcript for Review of MEC Propane Fittings - RV Propane Pigtail Hose 5 Feet - MEC56CR

Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer. Let's take a quick look at this MEC RV propane pigtail hose. Now this is the connection between a refillable propane cylinder and your RV or camper's propane regulator. This particular hose is going to be about five feet long. So this is going to be especially useful when the tank and the regulator are positioned farther apart, and a typical shorter pigtail won't comfortably reach that. So I do have this kind of cable tied together just to keep it a little more manageable here on my tabletop.

On the tank side, you're going to get the green female type one QCC connector designed for compatible 20 and 30 pound propane cylinders. And then on the other end it's going to be a 1/4 of an inch male NPT fitting, which is going to thread into a regulator with a 1/4 of an inch female NPT inlet. And these connection types are probably the biggest things to verify before picking this up. The green type one connection supports propane loads up to 200,000 BTU per hour. The hose itself is thermoplastic and it uses fully crimped brass ferrules.

It has a working pressure rating of up to 350 PSIG. It also has a 400 pound pull test rating, and it's listed as UL and CGA approved for propane service. There are a couple of other built-in safety features that are worth mentioning here. The excess flow protection is designed to restrict propane flow. If the hose breaks, gets pulled loose, or another situation causes propane to suddenly escape at a high rate.

And there's also a thermal protection at the cylinder connection, which is going to shut off propane flow if that connection is exposed to high heat. I think it's going to wrap up our quick look today. Again, my name's Andy, thank you for joining me.