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Apex Hole in the wall gas fire
About 4 years ago we bought a Apex Liberty 6 hole in the wall gas fire.
from an on-line retailer that has ceased trading. The fire has a remote control. Attempting to start the fire gives a series of sparks (the battery is good) but no gas seems present. We asked British Gas who will not touch it as it does not have a Gas Council number. The BG fitter did say though that it looked a standard device internally. A large local company will not touch it without a manufacturer's part number. The manufacturer is un-reachable. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks |
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Apex Hole in the wall gas fire
andrew grant wrote:
About 4 years ago we bought a Apex Liberty 6 hole in the wall gas fire. from an on-line retailer that has ceased trading. The fire has a remote control. Attempting to start the fire gives a series of sparks (the battery is good) but no gas seems present. We asked British Gas who will not touch it as it does not have a Gas Council number. The BG fitter did say though that it looked a standard device internally. A large local company will not touch it without a manufacturer's part number. The manufacturer is un-reachable. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks Is the whole operation "hands-free"? If so, it sounds like the solenoid in the gas valve may be knackered. Alternatively, I guess it might be possible for the valve to have just stuck closed (although I'm sure those better informed than I will advise you). If you have a multimeter you could check to see if the coil in the valve has gone open-circuit. Some pictures of the "guts" could be helpful to identify components. Tim |
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Apex Hole in the wall gas fire
On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:37:13 +0000, andrew grant wrote:
About 4 years ago we bought a Apex Liberty 6 hole in the wall gas fire. from an on-line retailer that has ceased trading. The fire has a remote control. Attempting to start the fire gives a series of sparks (the battery is good) but no gas seems present. We asked British Gas who will not touch it as it does not have a Gas Council number. The BG fitter did say though that it looked a standard device internally. A large local company will not touch it without a manufacturer's part number. The manufacturer is un-reachable. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks Look online for someone who specialises in this sort of fire? Back in the day we bought a house with a venerable Baxi back boiler behind a gas fire. To get it back fully working we found someone who specialised in these boiler/fires - much more likely to be able to fix that a big firm or a general gas fitter. Cheers Dave R -- Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box |
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