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Vent Free Heater Trouble
I have a 30,000 btu heater I just purchased. I am wanting to use this
for a small garage(500 square feet). I used a gas grille regulator to hook it up, to see if it would work. It lights and runs for a couple of minutes, then shuts off and kills the pilot. Do I have to have a different style regulator for this? Do I have a problem with my unit? Can I use a small tank, until I get a larger tank. I appreciate any help I can get. |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
skippy7024 wrote:
I have a 30,000 btu heater I just purchased. I am wanting to use this for a small garage(500 square feet). I used a gas grille regulator to hook it up, to see if it would work. It lights and runs for a couple of minutes, then shuts off and kills the pilot. Do I have to have a different style regulator for this? Do I have a problem with my unit? Can I use a small tank, until I get a larger tank. I appreciate any help I can get. Hmmm, Ventless? where CO would go? And Safety? CO poisoning or fire? |
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skippy7024 wrote:
I have a 30,000 btu heater I just purchased. I am wanting to use this for a small garage(500 square feet). I used a gas grille regulator to hook it up, to see if it would work. It lights and runs for a couple of minutes, then shuts off and kills the pilot. Do I have to have a different style regulator for this? Do I have a problem with my unit? Can I use a small tank, until I get a larger tank. I appreciate any help I can get. Personally I don't like the idea of an open flame in a garage were there is gasoline. However I suspect your heater is sensing something. It may be reduced OČ or CO increase or gasoline fumes may be triggering the sensor. Check the owner's - installation manual. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
Thanks for the reply.
It does have a oxygen sensor on it. I did purchase a CO monitor. This heater is mounted next to a door. When I was trying to use it, the door was open. The CO monitor reads aroun 22.1 - 22.4. I hope this info helps you out. |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
I guess I need to be more specific. I have a 30 x 40 pole barn. I
sectioned half of it off. I drywalled it and insulated it. I built a bar and added a couple of TV's. I park my motorcycle in it on the opposite end from where the heater is mounted. There are no tools or flammable items in the garage. Minus the motorcycle. I have an airconditioner in this room also. This really just a hang out pad for the guys. |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
skippy7024 wrote:
Thanks for the reply. It does have a oxygen sensor on it. I did purchase a CO monitor. This heater is mounted next to a door. When I was trying to use it, the door was open. The CO monitor reads aroun 22.1 - 22.4. I hope this info helps you out. If I remember correctly if my CO monitor reads 22, I don't want to be there. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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"skippy7024" wrote in message m... I guess I need to be more specific. I have a 30 x 40 pole barn. I sectioned half of it off. I drywalled it and insulated it. I built a bar and added a couple of TV's. I park my motorcycle in it on the opposite end from where the heater is mounted. There are no tools or flammable items in the garage. Minus the motorcycle. I have an airconditioner in this room also. This really just a hang out pad for the guys. If you are using a small tank the tank may be getting too cold and thus causing the gas pressure to get too low. Don Young |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:42:29 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote: skippy7024 wrote: Thanks for the reply. It does have a oxygen sensor on it. I did purchase a CO monitor. This heater is mounted next to a door. When I was trying to use it, the door was open. The CO monitor reads aroun 22.1 - 22.4. I hope this info helps you out. If I remember correctly if my CO monitor reads 22, I don't want to be there. Your memory probably failed you this time. I get an occasional reading of 26. [I've never seen it on anything but 0, but it records the highest reading and every few days I check it and it has a number in the 20s] 40 for more than 3 hrs sets off my alarm. If it was constantly in the 20's it might alarm me a bit but OSHA allows 35ppm over a 8 hr workday. [and that would seem to indicate 40 hours a week] This page has some effects of different levels- http://www.sparksfire.org/co.htm Jim |
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Vent Free Heater Trouble
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:42:29 GMT, "Joseph Meehan" wrote: skippy7024 wrote: Thanks for the reply. It does have a oxygen sensor on it. I did purchase a CO monitor. This heater is mounted next to a door. When I was trying to use it, the door was open. The CO monitor reads aroun 22.1 - 22.4. I hope this info helps you out. If I remember correctly if my CO monitor reads 22, I don't want to be there. Your memory probably failed you this time. You are right. I was thinking the one I had used a different scale, but it is measuring PPM. Jim -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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