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yellow flame in gas fire
Hello all. I have a gas fire.
http://www.gasapplianceguide.co.uk/R...Black_03_1.jpg anyway the middle 2 bars burn blue with the top quarter yellowish. The outer two bars are blue / orange normal I have cleaned the jets that feed the venturi (?) and the venturi (?) itself the venturi is the block with the holes in that the gas burns from. (i think) Why is this ? the flue/chimney is good with air being drawn through and besides, the outer two bars are ok. tia |
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Fray Bentos wrote:
Why is this ? the flue/chimney is good with air being drawn through and besides, the outer two bars are ok. Does it tend to spend most of its lit life with just the inner two burners on? When this is the case, you often see a difference in the colour of the centre burners after a while. I presume this is due to accumulation of combustion deposits on the radiant reflector and grill. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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"John Rumm" wrote in message ... Fray Bentos wrote: Why is this ? the flue/chimney is good with air being drawn through and besides, the outer two bars are ok. Does it tend to spend most of its lit life with just the inner two burners on? When this is the case, you often see a difference in the colour of the centre burners after a while. I presume this is due to accumulation of combustion deposits on the radiant reflector and grill. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ It is 6 years old and yes, it is rare to use the outer 2 bars. When its heated up, you can see the flames in the inner 2 bars. Never used to be like that. tia |
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"Fray Bentos" wrote in message .uk... Hello all. I have a gas fire. http://www.gasapplianceguide.co.uk/R...Black_03_1.jpg anyway the middle 2 bars burn blue with the top quarter yellowish. The outer two bars are blue / orange normal I have cleaned the jets that feed the venturi (?) and the venturi (?) itself the venturi is the block with the holes in that the gas burns from. (i think) It's quite difficult to clean this well, it becomes blocked with dust of all kinds including particles of rust. I spend ages pricking each hole with a fine sewing needle, prodding it several times. It does help. The ideal solution would be to blow out the dirt in the same direction as the gas flow but we can't do that easily with ours. Mary |
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A yellow flame is an indication that less than the optimal amount of
oxygen is being using during combustion and some carbon is being produced (carbon monoxide will also be produced under these circumstances but as long as you have a good draw on your chimney that's not a problem). I am not a gas fire specialist, BTW, but that is why the flame is yellow. Graham Fray Bentos wrote: Hello all. I have a gas fire. http://www.gasapplianceguide.co.uk/R...Black_03_1.jpg anyway the middle 2 bars burn blue with the top quarter yellowish. The outer two bars are blue / orange normal I have cleaned the jets that feed the venturi (?) and the venturi (?) itself the venturi is the block with the holes in that the gas burns from. (i think) Why is this ? the flue/chimney is good with air being drawn through and besides, the outer two bars are ok. tia |
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"doozer" wrote in message news A yellow flame is an indication that less than the optimal amount of oxygen is being using during combustion and some carbon is being produced (carbon monoxide will also be produced under these circumstances but as long as you have a good draw on your chimney that's not a problem). I am not a gas fire specialist, BTW, but that is why the flame is yellow. Graham Fray Bentos wrote: Hello all. I have a gas fire. http://www.gasapplianceguide.co.uk/R...Black_03_1.jpg anyway the middle 2 bars burn blue with the top quarter yellowish. The outer two bars are blue / orange normal I have cleaned the jets that feed the venturi (?) and the venturi (?) itself the venturi is the block with the holes in that the gas burns from. (i think) Why is this ? the flue/chimney is good with air being drawn through and besides, the outer two bars are ok. tia I have it fixed. I vacuumed out the venturi. Must have been a bit clogged inside. Rather than disconnect it all, I had the ingenious idea of using a straw taped onto the end of a vac pipe. worked a treat. fray bentos |
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"Fray Bentos" wrote in message . uk... I have it fixed. I vacuumed out the venturi. Must have been a bit clogged inside. Rather than disconnect it all, I had the ingenious idea of using a straw taped onto the end of a vac pipe. worked a treat. Excellent idea. I'll try it next time I need to. Mary fray bentos |
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"Mary Fisher" writes: "Fray Bentos" wrote in message . uk... I have it fixed. I vacuumed out the venturi. Must have been a bit clogged inside. Rather than disconnect it all, I had the ingenious idea of using a straw taped onto the end of a vac pipe. worked a treat. Excellent idea. I'll try it next time I need to. I've just had this vision of a vacuum cleaner turning into a jet engine, if you should happen to try this without switching the gas off first ;-) -- Andrew Gabriel |
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message ... In article , "Mary Fisher" writes: "Fray Bentos" wrote in message . uk... I have it fixed. I vacuumed out the venturi. Must have been a bit clogged inside. Rather than disconnect it all, I had the ingenious idea of using a straw taped onto the end of a vac pipe. worked a treat. Excellent idea. I'll try it next time I need to. I've just had this vision of a vacuum cleaner turning into a jet engine, if you should happen to try this without switching the gas off first ;-) Well, it's a nice image but think about it. The gas wouldn't be turned on unless thee was a flame. If there was a flame it would be too hot to get near ... Mary -- Andrew Gabriel |
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yellow flame in gas fire
replying to Fray Bentos, Aamir wrote:
U still available this -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...re-157047-.htm |
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I wonder how old this was?
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Aamir" m wrote in message oupdirect.com... replying to Fray Bentos, Aamir wrote: U still available this -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...re-157047-.htm |
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yellow flame in gas fire
On 14/02/2020 08:51, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Stop chucking salt at it. I wonder how old this was? 2005. -- Max Demian |
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Really, well, I've given up looking these days. The daft thing is this
system home owners club must be one of the rare cases where the date is mega visible on a post for a blind user, but obviously invisible to a sighted one, unless they are all so stupid they cannot understand the date? Weird like. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 14/02/2020 08:51, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote: Stop chucking salt at it. I wonder how old this was? 2005. -- Max Demian |
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Ive explained before Brian but youve obviously missed it.
Yes, the date is plain as day if you follow the posted links BUT HOH likes to throw up old posts as new posts on the front page of the site inviting responses. These re-posts have no visible date. If you click on the €śNeed your advice€ť tab or the €śrecently answered€ť tabs on the home page, you wont see any dates. Its not that HOH users are incredibly stupid, its the stupid way that posts without dates are promoted. Tim Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\) wrote: Really, well, I've given up looking these days. The daft thing is this system home owners club must be one of the rare cases where the date is mega visible on a post for a blind user, but obviously invisible to a sighted one, unless they are all so stupid they cannot understand the date? Weird like. Brian -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:51:41 +0000, Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\) wrote:
I wonder how old this was? 15 years! -- TOJ |
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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote
I wonder how old this was? A teenager, 15 years. "Aamir" m wrote in message oupdirect.com... replying to Fray Bentos, Aamir wrote: U still available this -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...re-157047-.htm |
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Lonely Auto-contradicting Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 09:02:50 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: I wonder how old this was? A teenager, 15 years. Someone provided that answer already, you lonely senile asshole! -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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On 14/02/2020 17:57, Tim+ wrote:
Ive explained before Brian but youve obviously missed it. Yes, the date is plain as day if you follow the posted links BUT HOH likes to throw up old posts as new posts on the front page of the site inviting responses. These re-posts have no visible date. If you click on the €śNeed your advice€ť tab or the €śrecently answered€ť tabs on the home page, you wont see any dates. Its not that HOH users are incredibly stupid, its the stupid way that posts without dates are promoted. Tim I have been caught out a couple of times. I don't use HOH - Thunderbird works fine for me - but while Googling for something, I have occasionally seen a post that has caught my attention, with no obviously visible date, and replied to it. SteveW |
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yellow flame in gas fire
"Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)" wrote in message ... Really, well, I've given up looking these days. The daft thing is this system home owners club must be one of the rare cases where the date is mega visible on a post for a blind user, but obviously invisible to a sighted one, unless they are all so stupid they cannot understand the date? More likely they don’t even look at the date, its very obvious, but they don’t realise it can be more than a decade old. Weird like. "Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 14/02/2020 08:51, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote: Stop chucking salt at it. I wonder how old this was? 2005. -- Max Demian |
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Lonely Auto-contradicting Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:33:59 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: More likely they don˘t even look at the date, its very obvious, but they don˘t realise it can be more than a decade old. YOU have for long been past your expiration date, you obnoxious 85-year-old trolling senile pest! -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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