Make: Fire

2 Equipment and Parts

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Propane is so common that appropriate parts are easily found almost everywhere in an industrialized country. The projects we’ll be building will use standard parts found in big-box hardware stores, local plumbing supply companies, and on the Internet. Understanding which parts are or are not appropriate for propane use, and why, is what we’ll be working toward in this chapter.

As noted at the beginning of this book, the focus is on propane vapor systems. As such, the equipment and parts we’ll be talking about are for vapor, not liquid. While many forklifts, vehicles, and industrial systems use propane liquid, ...