Day of the Dead Gas Fires

January 8th, 2008 | by admin | No Gravatar

We had to scale down a bit this year as most of our suppliers are closed for two weeks making it almost impossible to get parts for boilers and gas fires. We’re finally back to a full time schedule now that Christmas and New Years is over. So today started with the repair of a gas fire we ordered parts for before Christmas and a new call we received on Saturday regarding yet another dead fire.

We started early and were replacing the parts in the first gas fire at 8:00 am. The original problem was that the fire would not light with the built in sparker unit and then would not stay lit. The problem with this fire was the Oxygen Depletion Sensor or ODS. The flame spreader was not allowing the flame to reach the thermocouple so we ordered a new unit. Unfortunately, even with the thermocouple replaced the gas valve would not remain ope to allow full gas to flow. We’ve ordered a new gas valve and will repair when it arrives.

The second call description was the same as above. The fire won’t spark and the pilot won’t remain lit. I serviced this fire last year and it is a standard coal effect fire. I checked it out and sure enough the pilot wouldn’t reain lit but it was pretty clogged up with dust. I stripped the fire down to the burner and gave it a good scrub with the brushes and then hoovered up the mess. I tested the system again and this time it remained lit and would go to full flame. Once everything was put back together it was again tested using a smoke pellet for a flue flow test and a spillage test (all doors and windows closed - no fans in this room) and it passed with flying colours.

  1. One Response to “Day of the Dead Gas Fires”

  2. By Lynn GriffithsNo Gravatar on Mar 30, 2008 | Reply

    Hi.

    I am writing to enlist your support for this year’s Carbon Monoxide (CO)-Awareness Week, which will take place week starting Monday 17th November 2008, launch event from House of Lords, home coming event will be in Liverpool this year, we will travel throughout the U. K during this week. I would be delighted if you could back our efforts by doing something to raise awareness about carbon monoxide (CO) during this week and back our CO-Awareness Week campaign.

    By way of background, I am President of CO-Awareness, a non-profit organisation, and founder of CO-Awareness Week. I work 40+ hours a week as an unpaid volunteer. Our details are listed in the N.H.S keep well,Keep warm booklet. My children and I were poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO) so we know only too well the devastating effects this silent killer can have on family life. CO-Awareness support those poisoned by CO, their families and careers. Nobody at CO-Awareness is paid a salary.

    Knowledge is the key to preventing carbon monoxide poisoning. In most cases of accidental poisonings, victims don’t realise that CO was being produced or building up in the air they were breathing. Everyone needs to know about the dangers of CO and how to protect themselves from this silent killer. The older generation, those with heart, lung problems, pregnant mothers, unborn babies, and young children are all particularly vulnerable to CO dangers. The general public, medical profession (including testing at post-mortem’s) and industry need to take this issue more seriously. In addition, 97,400 (census 2001) children under the age of 16 look after their loved ones at home, and the National Curriculum could do so much more to teach children about CO as a key life skill.

    CO-Awareness Week seeks to raise and promote CO awareness but with your help this can reach an even wider audience this year. We are playing our part but we are also looking to you to support our campaign.

    Last year: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2007/gnnnw12407.htm

    Please do let me know if you can do something to help us raise awareness in 2008. Why not put a link to our “new” website.

    Regards

    Lynn

    Lynn Griffiths.
    CO-Awareness President
    http://www.co-awareness.org
    Mob: 07715899296

    CO-Awareness Week 2008 starts Monday 17th November 2008. If you require more information about this year’s events please call us on 07715899296. Why not join the other many organisation and use our logo during the week. Showing you like many other’s are backing our campaign to stamp out the silent killer?

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