Coleman 5040-751 BackHome Open Flame Patio Heater "gas heater safety tip switch" Questions

...gas line feeding heater off. Remove the front part of the heater cabinet. This will expose all of the inner workings. You'll probably find a lot of dust and lint, so use a vacuum cleaner with a hose ...

...safety sensor. The wire has to be clean and in the pilot flame near the flame tip. The pilot heats the thermocouple, sometimes when first lighting the pilot light, it will take a short time for the ...

...heater Me too.. was able to fire it up by tinkering with the switch that goes from "Pilot" to "On", but doesn't always work. A technician recommended removing some of the wires and cleaning the wire ...

heater pilot light wont stay lit if I hold it in. Once I let go to ignite to the low position , it goes out. New gas tank. No obvious strong smell of gas. You have a possibility of two problems; First

...gas/propane heater: Make sure your gas source if fully turned on, or if it's a portable tank, that it's not empty. Make sure that the initial fire has some warmth to it. A lot of gas burners have a ...

...gas valve (24 volts). Either a pilot will come on or the burner tube will ignite then spread the flame to all burners. Lastly a safety sensor will be looking for a certain temperature within a few ...

...gas. Problem is, when voltages are that low, the resistance in the contacts of the tip over micro switch lowers the voltage slightly and the pilot will not remain lit till you jump the 2 tip over ...

...heater has stored an error code. Your furnace has a diagnostic light that will blink a code. You should be able to view the LED thru a small viewing port in one of the front panels. If you have to ...

...heater tip switch doesn't let gas through I can get the pilot to light by pushing in but as soon as I release the valve it shuts off. I took it apart and the valve routes gas where its supposed to ...

...gas heater. I'm sure power source it good, etc. Is it thermostat controlled? Wondering if it's possible the temp never gets high enough for it to kick on. There should be a 'snap disc' heat activated ...