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Title: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: monkeyboy950 on February 03, 2012, 06:14:18 pm

Got it last year and it worked great,used it today for 1st time in a few months,new gas bottle etc and it worked fine for 3 houses then cut out and wouldn't fire up again,it would light then go straight out ??

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: Frankybadboy on February 03, 2012, 06:25:46 pm

new battery.or that the cold the gas was freezing

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: steven ainger on February 03, 2012, 06:28:57 pm

Put new batteries in,
If that dont work, run water through the heater at a high rate with  the gas off,
Also unscrew the gas from the heater, then reconnect everything again, and hopefully be ok

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: LBWCS on February 03, 2012, 06:36:54 pm

Don't forget the reset button

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: monkeyboy950 on February 03, 2012, 08:38:49 pm

Where's the reset button ?

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: weetot on February 03, 2012, 08:53:44 pm

Boom. :(

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 03, 2012, 10:29:27 pm

Seems like it might be cutting out.

Quote from: monkeyboy950 on February 03, 2012, 08:38:49 pm

Where's the reset button ?

It's on the right hand top side, black tiny button, needs pressing down. You need better ventilation in your van as it's sensing CO2 buildup. THat's why it cuts out. Unless you get better ventilation it's going to keep cutting out. I've got a 100mm pipe and it still did it, though there was as very small bend in the pipe. Got fed up with it so bypassed the sensor.

Also there is no pilot light on the hotwash, it's an on demand system. The batteries fire the igniter as soon as the flow starts.

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: david wood on February 04, 2012, 07:01:02 am

iam haveing troubles aswell was working great for weeks then i changed the gas bottle and new gas hose then it started playing up it  would cut out after about 5-10 seconds i learned that turning my gas bottle on only half way  solved the problam for a couple of weeks but it wont work again now mines not a fog was though its one of them reach to clean things my rubber seal is bent now in the brass gas connecter what screws into the wash can you just buy the rubber ring or do i need a new brass connecter? does the reach to clean have a reset button

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: monkeyboy950 on February 04, 2012, 08:56:29 am

Lads thanks it now works fine,I'm a moron didn't even see the button

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: Dave Willis on February 04, 2012, 08:57:11 am

My fogwash does the same if I change the gas bottle. Right pain in the backside they only work in a very narrow band of water flow too I've found.

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: steven ainger on February 04, 2012, 09:01:06 am

Mine works with any flow, and never cuts out during the day,
I have by-passed the reset button though

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: Dave Willis on February 04, 2012, 09:03:19 am

So have I. I have marked the dial where mine will and won't fire up.
Do you use a controller?

Title: Re: Peter fogwill heater pilot light won't stay on
Post by: steven ainger on February 04, 2012, 09:24:31 am

Yes, i use an old analogue varistream, set about 1 o'clock, if that helps.
Probably about 2 ltr per minute