Post by roadtripper on Jan 21, 2018 19:44:50 GMT -8
My 60 era heater is Safe-T-Vent by Basmor/Little made in northern CA way back.
Very basic.. Vents outside. No electric, no fan, no thermostat, just on or off.
Got all the propane back together and fired up the heater. You just turn knob to pilot, push in, light pilot, wait awhile
till pilot stays lit, and turn to on. In a few minutes the trailer is warm and you turn it off.
But I can't get it to work every time. At first it wouldn't go at all. I unhooked and blew out lines again with air.
The one nearest the heater sounded like it hesitated and then blew out a bug or something, not sure really.
After many tries got the pilot to light and finally the burner. It ran a couple minutes then died. A few more tries
and it lit again till I turned it off 20 minutes later. This morning I got it to go again with out too much trouble.
This evening was like the first time, ran a few then quit, and I can't get the pilot to stay after I let go of the
knob no matter how long I hold it. Sometimes it even quits while the knob is pushed.
I've adjusted the pilot flow screw all which ways and it seem like it should
be at it's best where it is now, but still no go.
I'll order a new regulator (mine looks original) but the 3 burner stove and oven run with a perfect looking blue
flame and the new NorCold refer works great too.
So, can I take this little box apart and clean/fix anything? Is it replaceable? I really want to use this heater.The little tube by the pilot...is that what you call the thermo coupler? Can that be a problem? There just aren't that many moving parts to this thing and other than what's in the silver box, the rest is rock solid.
Thanks, mike.
Heater control on Flickr
Very basic.. Vents outside. No electric, no fan, no thermostat, just on or off.
Got all the propane back together and fired up the heater. You just turn knob to pilot, push in, light pilot, wait awhile
till pilot stays lit, and turn to on. In a few minutes the trailer is warm and you turn it off.
But I can't get it to work every time. At first it wouldn't go at all. I unhooked and blew out lines again with air.
The one nearest the heater sounded like it hesitated and then blew out a bug or something, not sure really.
After many tries got the pilot to light and finally the burner. It ran a couple minutes then died. A few more tries
and it lit again till I turned it off 20 minutes later. This morning I got it to go again with out too much trouble.
This evening was like the first time, ran a few then quit, and I can't get the pilot to stay after I let go of the
knob no matter how long I hold it. Sometimes it even quits while the knob is pushed.
I've adjusted the pilot flow screw all which ways and it seem like it should
be at it's best where it is now, but still no go.
I'll order a new regulator (mine looks original) but the 3 burner stove and oven run with a perfect looking blue
flame and the new NorCold refer works great too.
So, can I take this little box apart and clean/fix anything? Is it replaceable? I really want to use this heater.The little tube by the pilot...is that what you call the thermo coupler? Can that be a problem? There just aren't that many moving parts to this thing and other than what's in the silver box, the rest is rock solid.
Thanks, mike.
Heater control on Flickr
