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Originally Posted by Charliesmom
Take a picture of the quick connect and ask MB Sturgis to make a propane hose to use for your portable stove and fire pit. Both of those fitting are likely 3/8”.
https://www.mbsturgis.com/
They can help you with the fitting you need,
I had the same issue with our external propane quick disconnect from SMB West. I couldn’t find an appropriate fitting from the usual culprits, i.e. Camping World, etc.
Here’s what ours looked liked: Sorry, it’s spun 180 degrees.
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Scott - fittings are confusing as heck. I have quick-disconnects on everything both at home and mobile, so I've spent an inordinate amount of time adapting small propane appliances. On
most small propane stoves/grills, the fittings are 1/4" NPT (pipe) thread. But not all - I seem to recall my Weber Q is actually 1/8" NPT; and a NexGrill I bought from Costco (similar to Weber Q) had 3/8" NPT. My small 17" and 22" Blackstone griddles require a
special fitting (HERE), but a friend's 36" Blackstone is 3/8" NPT. All need to be adapted 3/8" flare for the propane hose run. I have more spare plumbing parts than I care to account for due to mismatched efforts to adapt various propane components.
It's tough to assist the OP without better information, but my guess is he's trying to tap-in to his rigs low-pressure propane (i.e. after the regulator) into some sort of adapter into his Coleman stove that has another regulator on the 1-lb bottle fitting, meaning he has two regulators inline. A propane appliance should have one and only one regulator. If he's trying to adapt his Coleman Stove to his van's lo-pressure propane system, he can replace the regulator/1-lb bottle fitting with something like
THIS.
Bottom line: OP needs to determine whether he's tapping in to the hi-pressure side
before the regulator or the lo-pressure side
after the regulator - most likely the latter which means he needs to get rid of the appliance-attached regulator using an adapter along the lines as the links above. If the former, then some sort of splitter is in order with a regulator at each appliance.
Peter