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We ran out of propane on thursday at sometime (we had an order in but they didn't get out to us in time before the tank was empty). An after hours emergency tech person came out to put propane in the tank and check for leaks and get the furnance running. When he was here he put in 50% in the tank. The furnance was running when the tech left and we don't know when it went out because it was after 1am when the propane arrived and we went to bed. We were not here all day on friday but when we got home after midnight the house was at 58 degrees yet set for 70 degrees. We had to turn the switch on the side of the of the furnance to get the furnance to turn on. The furnance would turn on and with blower heard, the ignitor would glow orange in the little window on the panel cover but only once or twice actually ignite and have flames that lasted 1-2 minute before going out. The furnance would go through cycles to ignite the propane and heat, doing this 3-4 times before we have to turn theswitchon the side of the furnance off and then turning it back on again to try and ignite. It's almost as if the furnance is doing what it's suppose to do but isn't getting the propane or just a small squirt of it to only run 1-2 mins. We have a call into the propane after hours pager and are still waiting (2 hours later).
Crack the air out by loosing a fitting between the tank and the furnaces regulator valve
Retighten and check for leaks before relightingCrack the air out by loosing a fitting between the tank and the furnaces regulator valve
Retighten and check for leaks before relighting
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If the gas was empty for three days, the furnace may have attempted to start numerous times causing virtually ALL residual gas in the incoming line to be drawn out. You may consider purging the gas line at the clean out cap where the gas line enters the furnace. However, it should have restarted and stayed running after just a few times at the most because as long as the line was NOT disconnected from the main tank, there should be NO air inside the line to cause flame failure.
I'd suggest asking the service company to double check the furnace manifold pressure to ensure there is not a regulator related problem.
Three times this winter (on the coldest days no less) a tiny droplet of water froze internally of the regulator right on the orifice blocking gas flow.
Most likely, you need to "bleed the line". The new propane needs to travel to your fireplace, but you have a huge air pocket in there now since it ran dry. It takes forever for the air to "bleed" out through the tiny orifice of a pilot light, especially if the distance from the fireplace to the tank is far.
DSi light coming on is to alert you that the water heater didn't light on propane for one reason or another. Sometimes people just forgot to turn propane on or are out of propane. What happens when you shut it off and turn it back on? (listening and watching from outside with cover open) DO you see or hear sparking?
As far as black water showing full when just emptied, it is most likely a piece of toilet paper inside the tank that is hanging up from top probe on inside of tank, and touching lower probe, thus giving a full reading. This is very common, at all levels. You can buy a rinse wand and rinse inside of tank through toilet to try and wash it off, or live with it for now, and add lots of water or cleaner deodorizer to tank , or buy probe cleaner, or even the old standby, some laundry soap added to tank , then fill tank close to full with water and rock trailer to swish it around, then drain it. Most times, waiting until next dump, and adding lots of water beforehand, will fix it.
Korby, I think you meant, your ignitor is sparking and you're not getting gas to the pilot. Since you have a full tank of propane, I can rule out that the tank is empty. However, I believe the tank or at least the tank valve is playing a role in this.
Turn the tank valve completely OFF and disconnect the hose from the tank. Wait 5 minutes and reconnect the hose to the tank. Turn the tank valve ON VERY, VERY SLOWLY (Slow Motion, slow) until the valve is fully open. Then light the pilot as you normally would. If the pilot lights, you solved the problem. If it didn't, either the pilot light is clogged and needs to be cleaned or the heater's hose/regulator assembly needs to be replaced.
Endless Summer Patio Heaters are made by Blue Rhino. So, if you need parts, that's where you can get them. Hope this helps you troubleshoot and solve the problem. Please let me know. Thanks.
How fast did the propane run out? If there was a leak (which would cause the propane tank to empty a lot faster than normal use) you would be able to smell it. You can check for leaks yourself using soapy water; apply soapy water to the connection and look for bubbles...bubbles means there is a leak...no bubbles means everything is good. I think you got ripped off but I won't know for sure unless you can tell how fast the propane ran out.
you probibly ran the hot water tank out of hot water shut off the hot water comming out of your fausets for a few hours and check it again u could also try to reset your tank by pulling off the front cover and hitting the reset button and my last thought is sadly you burnt out your heating elements and they need to be replaced good luck man
HI. propane has 91000 btu's per gallon. 20# bottle has 4. divide btu's of heater by #of gallons for hours of use. I have the same heater and I think the med. setting both burners on is more the 7000 btu's.
Mike
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