I have a reddy heater 60. it starts up but shuts down when motor gets hot. rotor is offset from center. Is it suppose to be offset from center?

There are four possible answers to this problem, if the heater starts normally, runs for a few seconds or minutes and the shuts down but was still running normally at the time of shut down, this could be caused by the photocell, also known as the flame out control. This safety device may be failing, shutting down even though the heater is working normally, check the operation of the photocell. The second cause may be partial fuel filter blockage, the heater is effectively starving itself of fuel, so the flame blows out, hence the puff of smoke, and then shuts down on the safety cut out. Third cause, if this model has a compressor at the rear of the motor, the problem could be low pump pressure, caused by wear or contamination of the carbon blades, this would cause the wrong amount of fuel to be syphoned up, with weak fuel mix the heater may blow itself out and shut down. The fourth cause, perhaps indicated by the puff of white smoke, is contamination of the fuel with water, water will cause the white smoke and also is indecated by white residues or a power like substance on the end plate of the heater which glows red hot when burning.

That's the safety; it's supposed to do that to keep you from getting blown up!
Did you follow these instructions?:
http://www.ehow.com/how_10008271_reddy-heater-instructions.html
Does the power light come on?
Does the igniter heat up for 5 seconds?

Hi,

Check for power to fan motor.....if there is power and motor does not go then the motor is bad...

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heatman101

It's supposed to shut off automatically, if that happens.

Hi,
The transformer gets hot and stops making spark... then fire goes out....transformer cools down and it works till transformer gets hot...

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heatman101

yes u have overheatsensors that shut the strips down if they get too hot these may be going bad and getting weak and shutting off prematurely

this have a flame controler, if the flame didn't goes on in few seconds the unit automatically stops. back plug and start again, if not star after tree times check the flame control thermocuple, or get the unit in service to fix it.

Steve- You've got to understandhow it's supposed to work before you can fix it.!

1. The ignitor only glows for 5 seconds. Just long enough to start combustion.
2. The photocell monitors the flame color. If it doesn't like the color of the flame (or no flame at all), then it shuts the heater down. Does this sound like what may be happening?

You must troubleshoot the system and decide whether you are having a fuel delivery/mixture problem or an electronics problem.

Read these troubleshooting tips.

Good luck.

I believe your heater has a solid state relay to start the motor when the motor gets to speed it is supposed to shut off. It may be stuck in the on position.

check your cad cell. replace this. it is not detecting a flame. replacing the cad cell will fix your problem. when it shuts down it goes into lockout.