Gas Fireplace Shuts Off And Comes Back On
To start the flame you need to press the trigger that is on the lighter.
Gas fireplace shuts off and comes back on. There may be a lock screw that needs loosening before you can. Empire vent free burner model vfxi 24 1 purchased in 2012. How to light a pilot light after gas is shut off. The butane lighter is located near the center of the gas logs.
Often a gas fireplace has a millivolt generator which is in the path of the pilot flame. This in turn makes the gas valve shut off. On some gas powered appliances such as gas ranges water heaters boilers and gas fireplaces the pilot light works to ignite the main flame. It is about the size of an aa battery and is wired to the switch and gas valve.
If the millivolt generator is old and weak or if the pilot flame is weak and wavering the main burner will go on and off. My issue is the unit starts the pilot and the burner works fine for about a minute then shuts down but the pilot remains lit until i turn it off from the remote. It has an intermittent pilot which start by remote control. I was reading some blogs and some one is saying that may be it is problem with flame sensor.
Leave the gas adjustment alone and simply reduce the air input by partially closing the air shutter located at the end of the burner. It was working fine till last month. After that you need to insert the butane lighter into the gas tube. If i switch it off and back on again same thing happens the flame comes and stay for a min and then turns back off.
We have a gas fireplace 10 yr old and it turns on and stay on for 1 min or so and then it turns off by itself. The flame lifts away from the thermocouple and causes the temperature on the tip of the thermocouple to drop. The thermocouple is a small device that generates electricity from heat they are used in gas furnaces and such to shut off the gas in case the pilot goes out so gas doesn t continue to flow and fill the room. I pressed the pilot button it comes back again and stay for 1 min and turns off again.