As an RV newbie, I still come up with really basic questions about living in an RV.

Today it's regarding my LP tanks.  I have two 35-gallon tanks in my 5er.  When one runs out of LP gas, there is a switch at the top that changes the flow to the other tank (I'm sure you know what I'm talking about).

This was showed to me once when I bought my 5er.  I have run out of gas now and I flipped the switch, but I still have no gas.  Am I supposed to do anything else?

Thanks much, Roberta

Roberta, did you also turn on the valve on top of the second tank.It will look like an outside water faucet. If so there is a possibility the second tank is also empty.

Roberta, please be aware that you probaly have two 30 POUND tanks rather than 35 gallon tanks.  20 pound (regular BBQ size,) 30 pound, or 40 pound tanks, are the way they're described (empty weight) but gives you no indication of their fuel capacity.  30 pound tanks, for instance, only hold 7.5 gallons or so of propane.  You may, in fact, be empty on both.  Are you sure you don't have an automatic changeover valve which, when one bottle ran dry, switched automatically to the other bottle and ran it dry too?

Roy

Thanks so much for your replies! I ended up asking a neighbor to give me a hand. I didn't realize that there is a type of gauge at the top of the bottles with red and green indicators - and it was showing red. I also didn't realize that I had to turn the valve on the 2nd tank (duh!), so now I know... Thanks again, I really appreciate it. : )