Remington 10,000btu Heater Problems

[vman11]

I have a Remington REM10PT heater that doesn't like to stay lit. This is my second one as the first one I tried and returned did the same thing. It will run the pilot but once I open the thermostat fully the pilot goes out first quickly followed by the entire flame.

I even bought a 100lb propane tank to make sure I had sufficient pressure to the heater. Has anybody had any issues with this specific model or does anybody have any suggestions on what I might check on? Any suggestions might help.

Thanks

[Big Buck Buster]

Regulator maybe. Is the line free from any air. The last Remington that I had, it was difficult to get it started. I just cracked loose the line right at the heater, and slowly turned on the tank till I smelled gas at the fitting. Works best with two people for this. Tightened the fitting, then it worked just fine after that. The only other thing I had a problem with was the regulator.

[leech~~]

It has got to be a Thermocoupler problem.

[minnbowhunter]

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[jigginjim]

both X3

[RonWBasser]

Thermocouple, gas pressure from the regulator? I can't remember if these came with the regulator or not. I had a few difficulties with mine too. Try a different regulator, mine froze last winter and gave me all sorts of grief until I thawed it out. If the thermocouple was truley bad I would think the pilot light wouldn't stay lit in the first place.

Just my two cents.

[leech~~]

Pilot lights will light if you keep holding down the pilot light button, but if it goes out once you let up on it and try to light the gas it will just shut the whole thing down if it's bad or not adjusted right.

[Big Buck Buster]

He said he is opening the valve for the stat. This would not be the thermocouple. To me, it seems to be starving for fuel.

[leech~~]

Big buck, you do have a point there. It may not be the coupler unless he is not letting it warm up long enough before he is turning it from pilot to on. The odd thing is the way he explained it that the pilot goes out when he turns on the gas before the main flame goes out. So, it's hard to tell if the main flame is going out because of lack of gas, or because the pilot is going out first which would then shut the main gas off also? I did once have a brand new tank that was not purged before the guy filled it with gas, and it did a similer thing. It seemed like there must have been enough gas to light the pilot, but once we tried to light the main flame it just had to much air in the mix and would not burn very well and then would go out. I had to bring it back to the station and the guy went out back and drain the whole darn thing into the air and the refilled it. It worked fine after that but that was the last time I went there for a refill!

[vman11]

I think it is a flaw with the heater. I had one last year that I took back that did the exact same thing - the pilot won't stay lit, killing the main flame.

To put the air in the tank theory to rest - I can hook it up to my Mr Heater sunflower or deep fryer and it works just fine. Once it goes on my perm heater, no luck.

Most of these small heaters are non-adjustable. I am going to take this one back and buy something worth my money. I will never buy one a heater manufactured by Remington again.

On that note, does anybody have any suggestions on a reliable heater? Any suggestions on the Empire brand?

[Big Buck Buster]

Are you looking for just a vented, or a forced air?

[Big Buck Buster]

I think it is a flaw with the heater. I had one last year that I took back that did the exact same thing - the pilot won't stay lit, killing the main flame.

To put the air in the tank theory to rest - I can hook it up to my Mr Heater sunflower or deep fryer and it works just fine. Once it goes on my perm heater, no luck.

Most of these small heaters are non-adjustable. I am going to take this one back and buy something worth my money. I will never buy one a heater manufactured by Remington again.

On that note, does anybody have any suggestions on a reliable heater? Any suggestions on the Empire brand?

The Remington that I had had problems when it reached the temp to shut the stat valve off. It would just slowly fizzle off. It wouldn't turn on/off quickly like it did when it was new.

I will never purchase one again.

[vman11]

Exactly what happened to mine. At least it happened in my alley rather than on the lake.

I am looking for suggestions on either. Vented would be nice for condensation reasons. I have only had vent-less heaters to this point. Suggestions either way would be helpful.

[RonWBasser]

Is the thermocouple in contact with the pilot flame good enough to get it to recognize the heat is there?

[RonWBasser]

Otherwise get one of these, this will be my next one.

http://www.nuwaystove.com/