Hi, After losing power for 5 days, I grew tired of running to the crowded and sometimes empty gas stations to fill 5 gallon gas containers. With a 500 gallon in ground tank, I figure that I might as well use it. I have a 1/2 line solid gas line that was installed by the gas company representative from a regulator to my 30,000 BTU Vent-Free garage heater which I rarely use. The 25ish foot line has a male union right in the middle of it exactly where I plan to make an outdoor housing for my portable generator. I turned of all of the shutoffs and measured the thread sizes with my dial calipers and found the union threads to be 3/4 OD. This is the regulator which runs to said line: [url]https://www.regoproducts.com/lpgproductpdfs/lv4403b.pdf[/url] I live in the sticks and it is legal to work on my gas lines. I am not unfamiliar with working with propane but not an expert. The guy who set this up vaporized so I'd like to handle this myself. Anyways...my preliminary thoughts would be to install a male reducing tee like this: [url]https://propanewarehouse.com/shop/fittings/brass-fittings/male-flare-tee-copy/[/url] I believe that I'd like to put a shutoff valve at the end that would supply the generator too. I am a bit confused though on the correct sizing for the end of the the proposed tee that would supply the generator. On the portable hose/regulator that came with the generator which is intended to run a 20 pound propane tank, I see a reference label on it indicating that the outlet of this hose to the generator is 5/8-18UNF. I searched around and it seems that 5/8-18UNF is actually 3/8 SAE...but I don't quite understand that. My dial calipers indicated 5/8 threads or .625 inches at the generator inlet. Based on all this, what kind of reducing tee size do I need to buy? The above link for the reducing tee concerns me a bit as well. The only option that I see is 3/4 for the top of the tee and 5/8 for the generator supply line. Would I be looking for a male flared reducing tee that would be 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/8 as opposed to that one? Normally I wouldn't just buy a few on Amazon just to be safe and return the unused one but these reducing tees seem a bit hard to find and I don't think many other places have such easy return policies. The local hardware stores don't seem to carry these either. Any other thoughts on my logic here? Thanks in advance!

Just a couple of questions regarding the issue for someone who knows the ins and outs. Background: We're on well and septic. City has been talking for several years about starting to convert the large number of septic properties to sewer and city water. Not going to happen real soon, but our particular neighborhood has been listed as possibly at the head of the line. There is water and sewer at both ends of our block and on parallel streets two blocks over in both directions, i.e. there are three streets surrounded by available utilities. I'm just curious about the mechanics of the conversion on our end. I know where the tank is and the main line from the house to it. Question: How do they go about diverting the main line to a sewer connection? Cut the line between the house and septic and reroute around the tank? They throw around some big numbers that we'll be billed for the city part of the project (with options for long-term financing), but have never mentioned if those numbers include the new line on the homeowner's property TO the sewer. Second question: If the new property waste line is NOT included in their numbers, about what would that run to install? Yes, I know it varies based on the area, but just generally. :coffee: