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Posted by on November 10, 2008, 10:34 pm
This furnace won't light the pilot light. I can turn the red valve to
the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
lighter. The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
won't stay lit while holding down the red button. In fact if flame is
placed near the valve it will light up under the button. So I am
assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
well I do have a gas leak.
The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. It's
a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
Output of 25200 BTU/hr. MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
less than replacing the whole heating unit. Surely this can't be the
case??? It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
something to perhaps rebuild the old one. Or can an new unit with the
above specs be used?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Dustin
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Posted by Noon-Air on November 10, 2008, 10:54 pm
> This furnace won't light the pilot light. I can turn the red valve to
> the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
> lighter. The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
> won't stay lit while holding down the red button. In fact if flame is
> placed near the valve it will light up under the button. So I am
> assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
> well I do have a gas leak.
> The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. It's
> a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
> Output of 25200 BTU/hr. MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
> I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
> less than replacing the whole heating unit. Surely this can't be the
> case??? It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
> something to perhaps rebuild the old one. Or can an new unit with the
> above specs be used?
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Dustin
How about a make, model and serial number for the unit the gas valve is
attached to.
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Posted by Dustin on November 11, 2008, 4:12 am
> > This furnace won't light the pilot light. =A0I can turn the red valve t=
o
> > the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
> > lighter. =A0The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
> > won't stay lit while holding down the red button. =A0In fact if flame i=
s
> > placed near the valve it will light up under the button. =A0So I am
> > assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
> > well I do have a gas leak.
> > The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. =A0It'=
s
> > a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
> > Output of 25200 BTU/hr. =A0MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
> > I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
> > less than replacing the whole heating unit. =A0Surely this can't be the
> > case??? =A0It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
> > something to perhaps rebuild the old one. =A0Or can an new unit with th=
e
> > above specs be used?
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > Dustin
> How about a make, model and serial number for the unit the gas valve is
> attached to.
It's a 1975 Hydro Flame FA-7232 model and it also has a tab with a
serial number H666483 from Underwriters Laboratories.
Does that help?
Thanks,
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Posted by Noon-Air on November 11, 2008, 8:19 am
> > This furnace won't light the pilot light. I can turn the red valve to
> > the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
> > lighter. The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
> > won't stay lit while holding down the red button. In fact if flame is
> > placed near the valve it will light up under the button. So I am
> > assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
> > well I do have a gas leak.
> > The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. It's
> > a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
> > Output of 25200 BTU/hr. MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
> > I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
> > less than replacing the whole heating unit. Surely this can't be the
> > case??? It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
> > something to perhaps rebuild the old one. Or can an new unit with the
> > above specs be used?
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > Dustin
> How about a make, model and serial number for the unit the gas valve is
> attached to.
It's a 1975 Hydro Flame FA-7232 model and it also has a tab with a
serial number H666483 from Underwriters Laboratories.
Does that help?
Yup... I sort of figured it was going to be jurassic. Its 33 years old,
*NOTHING* lasts forever. The company is still in business,and they still
make them. You can buy a whole new furnace for around $850
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Posted by Dustin on November 11, 2008, 1:15 pm
.
> > > This furnace won't light the pilot light. I can turn the red valve to
> > > the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
> > > lighter. The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
> > > won't stay lit while holding down the red button. In fact if flame is
> > > placed near the valve it will light up under the button. So I am
> > > assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
> > > well I do have a gas leak.
> > > The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. It's
> > > a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
> > > Output of 25200 BTU/hr. MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
> > > I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
> > > less than replacing the whole heating unit. Surely this can't be the
> > > case??? It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
> > > something to perhaps rebuild the old one. Or can an new unit with the
> > > above specs be used?
> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > > Dustin
> > How about a make, model and serial number for the unit the gas valve is
> > attached to.
> It's a 1975 Hydro Flame FA-7232 model and it also has a tab with a
> serial number H666483 from Underwriters Laboratories.
> Does that help?
> Yup... I sort of figured it was going to be jurassic. Its 33 years old,
> *NOTHING* lasts forever. The company is still in business,and they still
> make them. You can buy a whole new furnace for around $850
So how does a replacement valve problem turn into immediate purchase
of a new model? I'm looking for the fix not the replacement if
possible. Hydro Flame has been bought out and the model I'm looking
for doesn't have replacement parts. I was wondering if a new
regulator could be installed.
Thanks,
Dustin
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> the pilot position and hold it down to ignite the pilot light with a
> lighter. The pilot lights up just once with a little poof and then
> won't stay lit while holding down the red button. In fact if flame is
> placed near the valve it will light up under the button. So I am
> assuming that although I may have problems with the thermocouple as
> well I do have a gas leak.
> The problem is that nobody seems to make this replacement valve. It's
> a 11 W.C. of pressure propane tank with Input of 31500, BTU/hr and
> Output of 25200 BTU/hr. MAX external static pressure .2"W.C.
> I'm told that the part is not made anymore and there is no solution
> less than replacing the whole heating unit. Surely this can't be the
> case??? It seems that perhaps I may need a simple oring gasket or
> something to perhaps rebuild the old one. Or can an new unit with the
> above specs be used?
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Dustin