Re: [VAL] Re-joining after a long absence...need advice! - Carlson heater and Bowen water heater

[Herb Spies <spies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

" The Carlson furnace won't stay lit."  -  I had this problem. The Carlson I 
have has no fan. Its just a manual lit vented gas furnace. It doesn't have a 
thermostat. It has a a little hole covered by a sliding cover where you light 
the pilot light. You have to hold the valve to get the pilot to light. Then I 
was leaving the hole open to watch the burner operate. The burner would fire up 
and run a while then shut off. Turns out that watching the flame was the 
culprit. Once I shut the pilot hole the furnace worked perfectly. I think the 
draft through the hole was blowing the pilot out.  Also the first year I thought 
the furnace only operated in wide open mode and it would run us out after 20 or 
30 minutes. So I had to manually turn the heater on and off to keep the cabin 
comfortable. The next winter I found the gas valve can be set at an intermediate 
position and then the heater will not produce as much heat. 


 

"Bowen water heater" - I would try a new thermocouple. They are cheap and easy 
to install.