[C320-list] Major LP gas system failure!

[Guy Smith]

 Hey All!
An update on the gas leak on Pleiades....
I got the Tank, Regulator, Solenoid and Hose off the boat pretty easily.The Tank, Regulator and Solenoid are available as OEM replacements from Catalina Direct. Customer Tech Support  was awesome.
The hose runs through a conduit more or less under the Port cockpit locker, under the Refer and lower stove shelf and exits beside the Hot Water heater under the sink.It slid out pretty easily with a piece of the line tied and taped around it so I can pull the new hose through. 
I took the hose home and connected one end to a stop valve and the other to the gas bottle to pressure check it since there was no obvious blowouts or damage to it.Turns out the hose was not the leak... :(  ...I plan on replacing it anyway...
So now I need to rig up a temporary connection to the stove with my portable compressor and pressurize it to see what's leaking in it's components....I don't see any obvious rubber parts in it, so I'm baffled as to what might be the culprit. Might be a threaded fitting that blew out?
The hose is not directly available via Catalina Direct, but he said he could get one made for me. It's 17 1/2 foot long. I'm thinking I can find one or get one made local.I'll call around tomorrow to see what I come up with.
Anyone have to replace parts in their stove?
Best Regards,~g
Guy and Liz Smithsv Pleiades'97 C320 #452Worton Creek, MD

    On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 07:24:43 PM EDT, Guy Smith <smitski2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:  
 
 Hey All!
Had some excitement on Sunday morning, on the hook in Still Pond!I got up first to start the tea pot on the stove in the galley.(My wife was still snoozing a bit...) As I usually do, I ventured outinto the cockpit and turned the LP tank on... instead of the normal 1/4 second "psst" of the gas bottle charging the gauge up to pressure, I (we actually) heard a POP! and the gas bottle continued to "pssssssssssss..."! I immediately turned the valve off and headed into the cabin.There was a heavy oder of gas in the galley area. Needless to say, no stove valves were left on.The I realized that I hadn't switched the gas solenoid switch on, so I was amazed that gas made it into the cabin!
Some friends that I've been talking with think that the pressure regulator failed and the gas valve solenoid (down stream of the regulator) was a low pressure solenoid and couldn't take the pressure (which was about 30 psi at the time, if you could believe the gauge).
I can't help thinking that if I would have got a burner started and *then* the system failed with the burner lit, it coulda been really BAD! Especially since my wife was in the aft cabin and couldn't egress very quickly!I think my first reaction would've been to go to the control panel to turn the solenoid switch off, loosing precious time getting to the bottle valve.
So I was wondering:
-Anyone else have this happen to them?-Could the Stove be damaged after getting a jolt of hi-pressure gas? (obviously *something* leaked in the cabin)-Since I'm gonna replace the tank (it's  a '97 original), regulator and solenoid, should I also pull a new gas line or just pressure check it? It seems pretty involved to fish a new one but probably a good thing to do?-How would I pressure check the stove components? Is there recommended pressure to set and monitor for leaks in the stove's components?-Am I technically allowed to do this work myself without certification?
I'm a pretty capable mechanic and have run and repaired gas lines in my home, so I'm not against doing the work myself.I can imagine the yard would charge me an arm and a leg to diagnose and repair the system before they were done.
Thoughts?~g
Guy and Liz Smithsv Pleiades'97 C320 #452Worton Creek, MD