Does this flame look OK?
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Does this flame look OK?
I have an Eskabe DVEL 12 (propane) direct vent wall heater. When I fire it up, initially all looks fine, then after it heats up (maybe 5 minutes) it starts getting a tall lazy yellow flame near the point where the propane feeds in to the burner (which is near the pilot light assembly). I made a little video of it, which is posted here:
http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~stamp/other/flame.mov
One other weird thing that after this yellow flame starts going, once I turn it to "pilot", the pilot flame is bright yellow for quite a while, but then eventually goes back to blue.
Is this normal? If not, any ideas on what the problem might be? Thanks.
http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~stamp/other/flame.mov
One other weird thing that after this yellow flame starts going, once I turn it to "pilot", the pilot flame is bright yellow for quite a while, but then eventually goes back to blue.
Is this normal? If not, any ideas on what the problem might be? Thanks.
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I see that lots of people have viewed this, but so far, no responses. This isn't a complicated question---I'm just wondering if this is something that would normally be seen in a propane heater. Anybody out there with a propane heater is qualified to respond. I've never had any propane appliance before, and it looks unusual to me, but I don't know. Thanks.
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I (and probably most people) don't have software on their computer to view a .mov file so I can't view the video. Upload the video to youtube or somewhere and post a link here so we can view it.
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The flame looks fine blue with slight orange to red tips is a hot flame...the orange flare on the right is probably the pilot light ...and is likely much lower w/o the main flame going... if not, adjust it down.
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It is normal for the pilot light to behave like this. The supply to the pilot is increased during burn it takes a while to burn off after burner shut down. This increased flow helps to prevent pilot blowout when the burner shuts down.