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Old 04-11-2022, 06:06 PM   #1
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Default Furnace quits working

Been camping in the cold recently and the propane furnace will work for a little while (no set time may be 15 minutes or may be 1/2 hour ) then the flame will go out and not restart for a few minutes. Suspected a bad regulator so I turned a burner on and watch the flame, when the heater would go into shut down mode the flame on burner would drop to just about nothing and in a short time go back up to full flame . Nothing else turned on no frig or hot water heater

Has anybody had any experiences like this and how did you get the problem fixed ?
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Old 04-11-2022, 08:12 PM   #2
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This sort of thing can happen in cold weather when a tank gets near empty -- the evaporating propane will freeze up the tank and regulator. Did you happen to look at the tank surface and the regulator during the symptom?


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Old 04-11-2022, 09:36 PM   #3
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The tank was just down 5 gals out of 19 , I did look at the tank and no frost showing how ever I never looked at the regulator because it had a plastic cover over it
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Sure sounds like a regulator sticking.
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Been camping in the cold recently and the propane furnace will work for a little while (no set time may be 15 minutes or may be 1/2 hour ) then the flame will go out and not restart for a few minutes. Suspected a bad regulator so I turned a burner on and watch the flame, when the heater would go into shut down mode the flame on burner would drop to just about nothing and in a short time go back up to full flame . Nothing else turned on no frig or hot water heater

Has anybody had any experiences like this and how did you get the problem fixed ?
Yes, I have read several posts where LP regulator was replaced to cure furnace problem, and suddenly REFRIG also works "better than ever since owned".
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