Gas Fireplace Shuts Off Intermittently

To start the flame you need to press the trigger that is on the lighter.

Gas fireplace shuts off intermittently. If you smell burning wires or an odor you suspect is gas shut off the fireplace vent the house and consult a professional. 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. Whenever the temperate drops below 20 degrees outside the pilot goes out. If the flame is.

The thermocouple is a safety device which ensures that gas does not flow unless it is burnt. Adjust the flame to counter low rumbling noises. The flame lifts away from the thermocouple and causes the temperature on the tip of the thermocouple to drop. After that you need to insert the butane lighter into the gas tube.

Start by blowing dirt and carbon out the pilot and relighting. I have a back vented natural gas fireplace that has an intermittent problem with staying lit. I have a back vented natural gas fireplace that has an intermittent. Gas fireplace shuts itself off.

I have the same problem with my gas fireplace. The first time it happened i thought something was wrong with my fireplace. The thermocouple might be faulty and need to be replaced. Repair or replace the blower if your fireplace has one to get rid of grinding or shrieking.

Use a piece of plastic tubing if that doesn t work replace the generator. We use it probably 5 hours day in the wintertime and it s been great until this spring when it started to shut off at random intervals. Sometimes it will shut off pilot always stays lit after ten minutes sometimes may run for several hours with no problem. It has a pilot light.

This is a heatilator gc300 vented gas log fireplace with a standing pilot. So far it has turned out that a water pipe in the street freezes and breaks water gets into the gas line and weakens the gas. If you get dust in the pilot assembly and the pilot needs to be cleaned out it produces a lazy flame which will be disturbed by the draught of the main burners. With the pilot lit and the fireplace off observe the pilot.

The butane lighter is located near the center of the gas logs. Gas fireplace shuts off and pilot goes out. Why does a gas heatilator fireplace work erratically sometimes it s perfect and at others it shuts off. Once you are done with that you need to put the key back into the keyhole if you want to adjust.

Clean the burners in response to roaring sounds. If the problem is not with the thermocouple it could be with the thermostat. It should be a very blue flame with possibly a small yellow tip on the end and burning in mostly a horizontal manner. It is turned on using an electric switch.