Repairing a Super Ser with no pilot flame: Delonghi RH42 gas heater pilot light repair
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Published 2023-10-15
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks, I just fixed my potable gas heater by watching your video.
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Thanks, I fixed my heater thanks to you!! Chears.
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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.
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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.
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I'd say it's right to turn it off at the bottle, to make sure the gas source is stopped.
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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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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
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Nice.
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Gj !.yes always turn off at the bottle :)
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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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nice video I have the ignition flame orang at the end ,is it normal or should be all blue ? Thanks
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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.
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The fence should be upside down. The metal plate is there t stop flames that go up.
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Went through 3 of these in about a month. Awful things. Never actually had it start properly 👍
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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
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They always have to be turned off at the bottle!
