where is the howling heater posts?

[picksbigwagon]

I looked last night and searched multiple times about the howling heaters and how to fix it, I have two at home and I know the information is located here somewhere

thanks

[TruthWalleyes]

Mine likes to make big flames...and the occasional ear shattering screech.

Half the time i cannot even shut it off without unscrewing the 1# tank.

Them sunflowers light up everytime though

Sure makes coffee fast when the flames are higher than the camping coffee pot Got to have some good gloves close by when i fire that thing up! Time to buy a new one i think.

[john79]

Cooking with screaming Mr heater cooking heater. Is this the one you're looking for?

[picksbigwagon]

not the cooker heaters, but the tank top sunflowers

[TruthWalleyes]

I think they operate the same. On startup, to reduce the loud whine, i put a finger or two over the air intake holes. This will increase the flame size until you pull your fingers off the holes. Typically you can warm up the heater faster and avoid the loud whine.

Is yours making the noise after startup?

[picksbigwagon]

yes, they run fine on low but howl when on high

[TruthWalleyes]

Does it make a difference if you have your 20# tank cracked open or wide open?

[picksbigwagon]

5# and 20 # cranked open, both my single and double sunflowers

[Farley]

First one I owned didnt do it but the 2nd and 3rd ones sure do howl when they are cold.

[schweady]

It's the "FISH CALL"!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

I looked last night and searched multiple times about the howling heaters and how to fix it, I have two at home and I know the information is located here somewhere

thanks

I cured the squeal in my heater by taping the air breather hole partially closed with a piece of electrical tape that I had with me one time. That is where all of the squealing is coming from.

Have to make sure that you do not close off to much of the hole though. Trial and error thing!

Cliff

[RiverFish]

Does anyone have a real explanation why they do this? I have tried contacting Mr. Heater with no response.

[Mr. Wizard]

Perhaps no one really wants to know as it can be a great topic for discussion in the fish house. Knowledge can certainly take the mystery out of life.

As the air enters the port on the tube connected to the plenum the molecules start to vibrate in an amplified fashion because of a couple factors. These vibrating particles drive sympathetic vibrations of greater magnitude at the same frequency in the plenum. Frequencies at which the response amplitude is at a relative maximum are known as the system's resonant frequencies. The frequency this occurs at depends on the construction of the heater but since they’re all basically the same, the pitch of the sound you hear from one heater to another will all be very similar.

I have one heater tuned to a B flat and use that one for walleye fishing and another tuned to an E for crappies and sunfish.

[chris63]

I remember years ago the first time I heard that high pitched howl a little kid on the ice said "I didn't know that elk come out on the ice"ever since that day we say fire up the elk, eh?c63

[chris63]

Never heard bflat for walleye but I do remember something about it upsets alligators.I wonder if it gets nortygators going?c63

[picksbigwagon]

No no no, whne my heaters are turned from low to high, it sounds like. 757 firing up, howlin growlin, not high pitched......the entore heater gets red glowing hot too, not the face but the sourounding metal shroud

[Capt. H (Ret.)]

Ok Mr. Wizard!!!!! Huh??? run that by me again???

Just Kidding!! I am sure your are right and I am going to take you at your word.

Mike

[Mr. Wizard]

Remember when you were in high school band and right after the band quit playing and the snare drums would be sounding even though no one was playing them? It's not exactly the same but the air through the heater is causing a similar phenomenon.