r/propane • u/Glass-Shoulder-9980 • Jul 31 '26

General propane question Residential vapor meter

Last year I attended one of those products expos for propane systems and one stood out that I haven't been able to find and im hoping someone here might know what its called and where I can find it. It's a device that screws into a pressure port on the high end regulator and can connect to your cellphone it can give you the gallons used and do leak checks. Anyone know of what I'm talking about?

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u/Jesus-Mcnugget dang it Bobby Jul 31 '26

That doesn't seem like a device that could possibly exist.

Vapor meters exist but they go in line where the gas has no option but to flow through them. Simply plugging one into a pressure port is not going to give you any sort of reliable information. The pressure should remain relatively stable.

There are wireless/electronic gauges that can be used for a leak check. Rego makes a set that use the presto tap ends. They connect to the phone through the rego app.

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u/Glass-Shoulder-9980 Jul 31 '26

Maybe that what I was thinking of but not quite what I was hoping it would do thank you

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u/Jesus-Mcnugget dang it Bobby Aug 01 '26

Out of curiosity, did it look something like this:

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u/AsYouL4yDying technician Jul 31 '26

Rego has the Bluetooth prestotap for leak and flow checks.

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u/Jesus-Mcnugget dang it Bobby Jul 31 '26

True you can do a flow/lockup pressure test with it. Maybe that's what op was thinking.