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| Posted: Sat May 3rd, 2008 11:05 am |
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rahman Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
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the pilot flame on my brivis buffalo gas heater will not stay alight as soon as the flame is established. i hold down the pilot for a few minutes but the flame extinguishes immediately when the pilot is released. thank you rahman 3/5/08
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| Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 08:20 am |
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Budget Appliance Repair Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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On most all heaters when I find this type of problem, it's becuase of a weak thermocouple or pilot generator, or a week pilot flame becuase of a partially clogged pilot orfice cuasing pilot flame to be not efficient enough to heat thermocouple/pilot generator correctly. Remove the pilot assembly and carefully clean the pilot oriface and clean the themocouple/pilot generator tip with emory cloth and give that a try. If you have a meter that reads millivolts you should take a reading on the thermocouple/pilot generator before you start and then again after you are done cleaning. I just had one today with a pilot generator, (they usually put out around 500-700 millivolts), I was only getting 327m.v. before cleaning the pilot and after cleaning I got a good 490m.v. -- NOTE: in this case the pilot wasn't going out but the main gas valve wouldn't open when t-stat called for heating. Burner would come on if you tapped the gas valve. One I had the other day that used a thermocouple, (they usually put out 30millivots), was doing exactly what yours is doing until they couldn't even get the pilot to stay lit. I was only getting 13.9m.v. when I started, which wasn't even enough to keep the pilot safety magnet energized, (the customer had already replaced the thermocouple, so this was a brand new thermocouple). After cleaning the pilot and pilot oriface I got 32.9m.v. and the heater worked fine.
____________________ William Burk (Willie) Willie's Budget Appliance Repair Eureka, CA 95501 |
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