Hello..

I have a Flavel outset gas fire (Regent model), and the 'spark
generator' takes for ever and a day to ignite the gas. When new it
would take one or two clicks of the control knob to fire it up, now it
can take 10 times that before it springs into life.

Anybody know where I could track down spares for this fire, price them
up, and decide if its worth repairing or replacing with a new fire?

Thanks

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:47:59 +0100, alo wrote:

Hello..

I have a Flavel outset gas fire (Regent model), and the 'spark
generator' takes for ever and a day to ignite the gas. When new it
would take one or two clicks of the control knob to fire it up, now it
can take 10 times that before it springs into life.

Anybody know where I could track down spares for this fire, price them
up, and decide if its worth repairing or replacing with a new fire?

Thanks

Do you mean you only get a spark on the 10th attempt? Or there's a
spark every time but it's reluctant to ignite?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
alo wrote:

Hello..

I have a Flavel outset gas fire (Regent model), and the 'spark
generator' takes for ever and a day to ignite the gas. When new it
would take one or two clicks of the control knob to fire it up, now it
can take 10 times that before it springs into life.

Anybody know where I could track down spares for this fire, price them
up, and decide if its worth repairing or replacing with a new fire?

Thanks


Are you sure that you actually need spares, and that it doesn't just need
cleaning and adjusting?

Is it sparking but not lighting the pilot, or simply not sparking?

If the former, make sure that the pilot jet is clean and that the spark
electrodes and thermocouple are actually in the flame. [Occasionally the
pilot jet on my Cannon fire gets partially blocked such that the flame isn't
strong enough to keep the thermocouple hot - so the flame failure device
turns the fire off - and I have to dismantle it and clean the jet with a
bristle.

If the latter, make sure that the electrodes are clean , that the gap is
reasonable, and that the insulation on the wires feeding them is sound.

If all else fails, you should be able to light it with a hand-held lighter.
Gotta be cheaper than a new fire!
--
Cheers,
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alo wrote:
Hello..

I have a Flavel outset gas fire (Regent model), and the 'spark
generator' takes for ever and a day to ignite the gas. When new it
would take one or two clicks of the control knob to fire it up, now it
can take 10 times that before it springs into life.

Anybody know where I could track down spares for this fire, price them
up, and decide if its worth repairing or replacing with a new fire?

Thanks

When I recently needed some radiants for an old gas fire, this company
was excellent:

Gasworks, 299 Shirley Road, Southampton, SO15 3HU
http://www.gasworks.co.uk/

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alo wrote:
Hello..

I have a Flavel outset gas fire (Regent model), and the 'spark
generator' takes for ever and a day to ignite the gas. When new it
would take one or two clicks of the control knob to fire it up, now it
can take 10 times that before it springs into life.

Anybody know where I could track down spares for this fire, price them
up, and decide if its worth repairing or replacing with a new fire?

Thanks

alo,

Would this link help?

http://www.keeptheheaton.com/acatalo...sure_Misc.html

Cash

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:04:00 +0100, Laurence Payne
wrote:


Do you mean you only get a spark on the 10th attempt? Or there's a
spark every time but it's reluctant to ignite?


Well I have taken the front off and cleaned the ignition system... and
this has improved the ignition rate.... but, the switch itself (on the
side of the model) is either broken or strained as it is sometimes
freely turning around without activating anything in the switch
itself.

It should click twice to cause the spark to occur.

A plastic item with a "D" shaped hole that fits onto a "D" shaped
shaft... the metal clip that secures it onto the shaft appears to be
broken, only half of it is there, allowing the knob to run freely
around the shaft.

I will see if I can get a replacement 'knob' and take it from there.

Thanks