A Better Propane Gauge for Your RV 

Confucious says...A man with one watch always knows what time it is, a man with two watches is never really sure! Great info thank you

Nice job Ron. Yesterday I discovered your channel as I went down the RU-vid Winnebago wormhole. Waiting for my 2013 24v to be delivered here to Utah from Florida. I've been in the RV industry for 18 plus years and I've learned a ton from you. You are spot on and appreciate your hard work and the hours of research you've done. Your videos are very engaging and just easy to watch.

Nice Video Ron. Should be very helpful for anyone trying this mod. The schematics for BOTH the older (2006-2007) and the newer (2008+) rigs are on the groups io forum in the mods area. Search for a "LP fuel gauge upgrade" discussion. I did this mod around 6 years ago and it's very nice to know, to within a gallon or less, of how much propane is left in the tank. Even the physical on tank gauge is inaccurate by up to 1/4 of a tank, on mine anyway. Couple of things to watch for... The gauge draws up to 100ma when active so it's wise to put in an activate switch as Ron has suggested. Also if you see inconsistent reading you may have corrosion on the connector at the tank.

Ron is the best. Watch so many of your videos, hope youre doing well Ron!

I have a Winnebago Trend with a similar One Place monitor panel. The accuracy of the LP gauge has always been a sore point. Thanks for this tip as we will finally know when the tank needs to be refilled.

Thanks for the update. I presently have a gauge on order. As I am not much of an electrician when it come’s to 12v I appreciate your clarification on the install.

Hi Ron! Thank you so much for posting this! I have a horizontal LP tank I’m going to put on my van build. The “how to” part isn’t included with any of the LP stuff one buys. I’m going to subscribe. You pop up in my youtube feed a fair amount.

Dear Ron. We have been watching your videos and they are VERY informative and entertaining, thank you. We just purchased our new 2020 Navion 24D, picking it up in a week. We took delivery of our TESLA model Y performance and have solar on our roof here in San Diego. Would love to trade stories. Thanks again!

Ron - Summit Racing sells a 2 & 1/16th diameter digital gauge which reads 0 to 99% in 1% increments. SUM-G2982-1G for $34.99 which would make an excellent readout for your propane gauge. It's calibrated for 90 ohm senders

Good to see you again. My tank gauge isn’t even very accurate. I’m looking forward to the slide motor video haven’t had any problems with mine yet but I’m sure it will later if I can ever get back out on the road again. Thanks stay safe

nice, . since you like additions to your RV, i have the same RV almost like yours, 2018 Prism Coahman , and guess wshat, I installed a second Diesel tank, 28 gallon , so now my range went from 250 miles to 600 miles. What a diffrence

Ron, thanks for sharing. I have the same problem and same motor home

Nice mod Ron. I have been thinking about this and like how you added the switch to conserve power. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Ron, after completing the LP gauge install in my 2017 Navion 24G the gauge would read slightly lower just like yours did. I accidentally discovered that if you have the OnePlace set on TANK, and you press and hold the MOMENTARY button for the gauge while simultaneously pressing and holding the the OnePlace BATTERY button, the new gauge will show an exact reading. Try it and let me know if it indeed works for you, and thanks for all your invaluable help!

Great video again !

Awesome job Ron

thankyou.... wish your lived close and I could pay you to do this for my camper van! LOL

My 1975 GMC has a propane gauge from the factory. Apparently, things have not improved in 40 years

Hi Ron, I sure enjoy your videos. I am attempting this modification but I'm having some issues. I hooked it all up but it doesn't work. I am not good at reading schematics but I can follow directions. Looking at the back of the ON ON Switch, there are 6 pins. I assume the leads from the LP Sensor go to the middle two pins. Then on one side of the switch, the wires from those 2 pins would go back to the wires leading to the One Place. Wires from the pins on the other side would go to wires one to the momentary switch and then to the new gauge and the wire from the other pin goes to the other connector on the new gauge. Then a new wire goes from the ground on the new gauge to the ground wires found on the back of the One Place. Did you do anything with the leads for the light? Thanks

Hey Ron! Love all the mods, all the insights, and all the fun video editing! :) I really enjoy your vids. I am a fellow engineer (software) and will be purchasing a new Navion/View sometime over the next 3-6 months. I've been going through your vids and am already preparing to add the Hellwig swaybar, and I was going to get the SUMO springs too, but in later videos you seem to indicate you took them off. So yea or nay on the SUMO springs?

Can you elaborate on the schematic? Where is the battery? Where is the sending unit?

Hey Ron! Got another question for you. We are in the market for a 2020 Navion/View and one of our concerns is that the A/C won't run unless we are connected to power or the generator is running. Do you have any thoughts about upgrading the solar enough to power the A/C or maybe even replacing it with a mini-split option? We live in Texas and plan on boon-docking a lot in the south in the summer and we are concerned about being forced to use the generator all the time. Thanks Ron!

Ron, does the gauge take into account the tank is round and the amount of propane is non-linear across the range (up and down) of the float?

I am installing an lp solenoid. How do you empty the lp that is in the tank so you can install the solenoid?

Would this work on travel trailer propane tanks

Ron have you ever pulled a small enclosed trailer behind your view?

Can you provide a wiring diagram for how you set this up?

Winnebago should be handling out these $10 propane gauges it would be stupid for a billion dollar company to lose customers over that? PR guy needs better training they could get the customer names and addresses use Amazon to send them it.

How did you locate the right wires for you gauge

Thanks for detailing this change. Since I have an LP generator, it is critical that I know when I'm getting close to empty. I took screen shots of your schematics. Any chance you have the schematics/drawings scanned into files that I could download? Opps, just saw the schematic at the beginning of the clinic when I repeated the viewing. :-/

I enjoy your videos. This is off topic but I wanted your opinion and couldn't figure out how to contact you. My wife and I have a 2014 Itasca Navion IQ on a 3500 diesel Sprinter with about 25k miles. We are considering taking it to Crested Butte Colo this summer from North Texas. How does the Sprinter diesel perform in the mountains. Would be hauling 4 adults but no trailer.