Repairing a Super Ser with no pilot flame: Delonghi RH42 gas heater pilot light repair
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2023
- In this video I repair a gas room heater with a broken pilot flame. Basically I took it apart and cleaned it and replaced all the parts.
Gas is perceived as dangerous so please comfort yourself that your competence exceeds that required to perform these tasks.
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Thanks, I just fixed my potable gas heater by watching your video.
Excellent!
Just to say that I have a similar heater, and works by turn on at cylinder first and then select heat level and hold down knob until gas lights and to turn off , it needs to be turned off at cylinder first and then when flame is out turn knob to off position.
Thanks, I fixed my heater thanks to you!! Chears.
If the flame stays on, i would check that top control.
That looks like a decent heater, the elements still look perfect and once lit it looks spot on :-D
We once had one of those in white, same setup.
I've always turned these off at the bottle. The numbered knob can bring in or turn off extra bars but not switch the pilot or No1 bar off.
That's probably a safety feature.
Great video thanks. My problem is I have a flickering pilot light that's going too high with a bit of a gap between the gas outlet and the base of the flame. It won't remain lit when in that condition. I did use the air hose but from the outside so I may have have to undo that pipe and use the air hose from the other side as I may have just forced some dirt harder into the gas outlet and not freeing the blockage - if any ?
I've seen so many versions of these some can be turned off from the knob and some can't however I think in this situation the off position in the knob is solely there to make replacing the gas cylinder safer
Yes I have an old one that turns off only at the regulator on the bottle.
Rotate switch anti clockwise to turn off the gas. Rotate further to disconnect bottle.
I think years ago they all did that.
I'd say it's right to turn it off at the bottle, to make sure the gas source is stopped.
Nice.
You have 4 settings on top. 1 to light it then 1,2 and 3 bars. It turns off from the bottle. Newer ones have oxygen sensors and anti tilt sensor.
Oxygen sensor or flame sensor? I've never seen an oxygen sensor on a gas appliance like this.
@@bootsowen They have oxygen depletion sensors now and it cuts out the fire if the oxygen in the room drops below a certain level. These fires must be used in a ventilated space.
Pretty fancy stuff nowadays, i'll keep an eye out.
I think free time is more to do with value, is fixing stuff / scrapping of more value than watching TV. The answer is both yes and no, sometimes your body / mind needs to recover by doing nothing.
Agreed, plus it's very satisfying when you repair something, so saving yourself money and avoiding feeding the local landfill.
I agree with all of this. It's personal. I reckon however that lots of people reckon that they can't fix stuff and that making stuff is about following a recipe or doing a craft out of a box. I used to think that and it took me years to unlearn that you could repair something with the wrong, non OEM, parts and it would still work and be ok.
Gj !.yes always turn off at the bottle :)
nice video
I have the ignition flame orang at the end ,is it normal or should be all blue ? Thanks
What does your carbon monoxide detector think?
I also wonder if the gas itself acts as an abrasive causing the pilot & main bar jets on high hour heaters to allow more fuel thus causing that higher pilot & main bar flame ?
It's hard to imagine that a gas could wear out metals. You saw the dust coming out of the ceramic elements, I guess they could wear out and open up. It would be possible to swap the jets around, I guess they are all the same at 1.4kW each. So move 1 and 3, and see.
watched your video interesting, giving that you have taking apart the gas heater and repaired it, i would be worried about accidental combustion is there any chance of that
What is accidental combustion? I set it on fire on purpose. The gas is off at the bottle when not in use.
@@bootsowen recently with my super ser i changed the gas for a new one only the flame came on, though when i reattached the almost empty cylinder and it ignited the front grid fine, i am overthinking it since then, how safe is my heater, i was nervous something might happen with the heater
Hi, I have no idea about your heater or its history, if you are worried you should get it checked by a gas appliance repair shop.
@@bootsowen thanks appreciate it
The fence should be upside down. The metal plate is there t stop flames that go up.
Went through 3 of these in about a month. Awful things. Never actually had it start properly 👍
The Calor ones turn off at bottle only so id assume others are the same. Pilot lights out in mine now but fixed it a few months ago doing essentially a clean also. Thinking I might need a new ignition piece this time. Thing is its 12 to 20 quid online for the ignitiin piece and a wait but 85 to 100 for a new suoerser so it would be nonsense not to just get the part. Like you said- free time isnt paid time so lets not make it costly.
Some of those igniters are the same on cookers barbeques etc. if they are the same then it should fit and spare £20. Thanks for confirming about turning it off. Makes sense.
They always have to be turned off at the bottle!
Thanks
if it stays on with button pressed the thermo coupler is gone
Yes
switch valve top dodgy. Perfectly use able in fact safer i always turn bottles off. Dont wanna wake up dead lol
So should the main element and pilot stop when the knob is turned to off? The instructions said to turn off at the bottle.
@@bootsowen would of thought so but as u say maybe a safety feature had a few ranging from the 80s till now all different. As is ignition ie some u press knob in a turn and hold down others you just turn and a seperate pesio. others just turn and click and ignite.