Hello,
There is an actual question in here. Or at least a request for advice.
I have a Vermont Casting B-Vent SNV30 that worked great all last winter. I turned it on this fall and the pilot has gone out a few times since then. It would always light when the value was set to pilot and manually depressed. If I did not let it warm up for more then 30 or 60 seconds before I turned it to “ON” it would go out. The pilot flame is a nice blue and envelopes both the thermocouple and thermopile.
I checked the voltage on the thermopile and it starts at about 550 with just the pilot to about 350 with the stove lit and producing heat. I did not check the thermocouple voltage yet but ill do so tomorrow.
I called a few propane shops locally and there are two problems. First is I am in Vermont and most people are booking out to mid-December or January. Second, the two independent folks I talked to say, sorry it is too old, I am not comfortable working on it. The place that sells VT Casting stoves said their techs won’t work on it either due to the age.
One was willing to offer advice as he ran the new propane line form the tanks to the house. I was able to source the parts, thermocouple/thermopile etc.. as well as the whole pilot assembly. He suggested I get the whole assembly which I did.
I have opened it up, cleaned and vacuumed out the fire box and used emory cloth to clean the thermocouple and thermopile but figure since it keeps the house from freezing when nobody is home to feed the stove I will replace the unit….
Finally the question….
When I had it open for cleaning before I loosened the pilot assembly and it moved around but when I tried to lift it out it was not cooperative. Can someone let me know the order of operation to remove it. Is there a plug or do I need to unhook the gas/thermocouple/thermopile before it lifts at all? Remove the burner? etc...
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you
There is an actual question in here. Or at least a request for advice.
I have a Vermont Casting B-Vent SNV30 that worked great all last winter. I turned it on this fall and the pilot has gone out a few times since then. It would always light when the value was set to pilot and manually depressed. If I did not let it warm up for more then 30 or 60 seconds before I turned it to “ON” it would go out. The pilot flame is a nice blue and envelopes both the thermocouple and thermopile.
I checked the voltage on the thermopile and it starts at about 550 with just the pilot to about 350 with the stove lit and producing heat. I did not check the thermocouple voltage yet but ill do so tomorrow.
I called a few propane shops locally and there are two problems. First is I am in Vermont and most people are booking out to mid-December or January. Second, the two independent folks I talked to say, sorry it is too old, I am not comfortable working on it. The place that sells VT Casting stoves said their techs won’t work on it either due to the age.
One was willing to offer advice as he ran the new propane line form the tanks to the house. I was able to source the parts, thermocouple/thermopile etc.. as well as the whole pilot assembly. He suggested I get the whole assembly which I did.
I have opened it up, cleaned and vacuumed out the fire box and used emory cloth to clean the thermocouple and thermopile but figure since it keeps the house from freezing when nobody is home to feed the stove I will replace the unit….
Finally the question….
When I had it open for cleaning before I loosened the pilot assembly and it moved around but when I tried to lift it out it was not cooperative. Can someone let me know the order of operation to remove it. Is there a plug or do I need to unhook the gas/thermocouple/thermopile before it lifts at all? Remove the burner? etc...
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you
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