It sounds like an empty bottle Jo...have you checked it ??
It sounds like an empty bottle Jo...have you checked it ??My wonderful gas fire isnt working!!! I put a new gas bottle on last weekend and it seemed faulty cos the fire wouldnt work, so I took it back, they let me change it and it was fine. Anyway, its been fine all week. But tonight when I went to switch it on, it wont stay on! The pilot light comes on, but it makes a crackling sound and when I take my finger off the other button it just goes out!! Any tips??? Its cold!
Jo xxx
It sounds like an empty bottle Jo...have you checked it ??
Take it out and shake it, if you hear a "swishing" sound theres gas in there. or tap it with something metal. If it sounds "hollow" its empty.I'm wondering that - not good after under a week. I only use it in the evenings How can you tell if its empty???
Jo xxx
Lucky you live in Spain ... Imagine what would happen if you lived in Scandinavia:boxing:My wonderful gas fire isnt working!!! I put a new gas bottle on last weekend and it seemed faulty cos the fire wouldnt work, so I took it back, they let me change it and it was fine. Anyway, its been fine all week. But tonight when I went to switch it on, it wont stay on! The pilot light comes on, but it makes a crackling sound and when I take my finger off the other button it just goes out!! Any tips??? Its cold!
Jo xxx
OMG Jo, this is a tragedy!! You must be freezing your butt off.My wonderful gas fire isnt working!!! I put a new gas bottle on last weekend and it seemed faulty cos the fire wouldnt work, so I took it back, they let me change it and it was fine. Anyway, its been fine all week. But tonight when I went to switch it on, it wont stay on! The pilot light comes on, but it makes a crackling sound and when I take my finger off the other button it just goes out!! Any tips??? Its cold!
Jo xxx
much lessOMG Jo, this is a tragedy!! You must be freezing your butt off.
A gas bottle weighs a lot less when it's empty doesn't it??
just take it back to the shop jo................ITS NOT THE GAS CYLINDER! :sad::sad::sad::hurt:
My son thinks its the regulator????
Jo xxx
If the shop's a long way, just buy a new regulator - cheap and easy to fit. They sell them in lots of places.just take it back to the shop jo................
I have a new regulator!! and I have found the fault, its because the regulator doesnt seem to quite fit the bottle top properly - it works if I stand and push the regulator down, this minute I stop pushing it goes out!! The new regulator is the same as the old one, so is it a design fault? Is it my gas bottle, altho this one has a slightly different top from the last one that didnt work!If the shop's a long way, just buy a new regulator - cheap and easy to fit. They sell them in lots of places.
Bad luck I guess. Mine's lasted for years.
Jo - I'm not being condescending but - are you fitting the regulator correctly?I have a new regulator!! and I have found the fault, its because the regulator doesnt seem to quite fit the bottle top properly - it works if I stand and push the regulator down, this minute I stop pushing it goes out!! The new regulator is the same as the old one, so is it a design fault? Is it my gas bottle, altho this one has a slightly different top from the last one that didnt work!
I'm getting cross with the whole business now! I'm not going back to the shop again, too much traffic and too far! It'll have to wait til I get back from the UK. I loved that gas fire !!
Jo xxx
Jo - I'm not being condescending but - are you fitting the regulator correctly?
You hold the top of the regulator and pull the flat outer plate of the regulator up, push the regulator down onto the valve, release the flat plate and then push the flat outer plate down to lock the regulator onto the valve. You then cannot pull the regulator off the valve.
Hope this makes sense and is of help.
Graham
:scared::boom::doh::shocked: oh dearHey, you be as condescending as you like!!Any advise is gratefully recieved, I'll see if I can follow your instructions ?! I was gonna ask my neighbour to take a look today, just in case its me being "blonde". Altho my sons fairly good with things like this and he cant seem to get it to work either and it does feel "right" when its "in place"??!!
Jo xxxx
Don't like to brag.....:juggle:My son, has been playing with the old regulator and an empty gas bottle and decided he knew what the problem was - something about ball bearings and slots LOL???? Anyway, we've had a final "play" with the gas heater and ......... its working!!! I dont think we had the regulator on properly - not because we're stupid, but it really isnt a very good design, it has to be pushed down in a certain way with the ball bearings in a certain place to make it "click" properly ???
We now have heat!!! YAY!!!!!
Jo xxx
Thanks for your help - I showed my son what you'd written and he went off muttering that there must be a way! Its warming up in here now, so I might even take my coat and scarf off in a mo lol!!Don't like to brag.....:juggle:
Well done - enjoy!
Graham
Two things:Thanks for your help - I showed my son what you'd written and he went off muttering that there must be a way! Its warming up in here now, so I might even take my coat and scarf off in a mo lol!!
Jo xxx