Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:56:54 -0500
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: propex heater problems
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Hi all,
Thanks for all the suggestions regarding my heater. I'm copying Karl
directly this time - Karl, are you there somewhere? Are you no longer on
the vanagon list?
I've followed the instructions people suggested - turning it on with the
thermostat dial on the lowest setting, waiting, etc. The fan stays on for
about ten seconds, then turns off. The red and green lights (not yellow -
I'm sort of color-blind, thought it was yellow) stay on. The red light does
not flash. I assume it would do that reasonably soon after the fan goes
off, say within a minute? No flashes. Just two little lights glowing at
me.
I have one propane tank, not two. I do have propane, I've been cooking with
it before & after trying the heater.
I do have the blue heater.
It is possible that my auxiliary battery isn't super charged, as I haven't
driven in a few days (and I had started to wonder if it was dying of old age
and I might need to replace it). But other things that use the aux battery
are working fine - lights, radio, etc.
The heater used to work. I haven't tried it in a long time. I did try it
last winter sometime, and it didn't work, but I don't know if I had any
propane at the time.
If this were a pressure regulator problem, where would I find that pressure
regulator?
Thanks for any additional advice anyone can offer!
Joy
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
> Call Karl.
> Telephone: 301.637.2299
> Email Karl: Email, general: karl@westyventures.com
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Turn the rocker switch left to begin the start/heater-on cycle, and move
>>> the
>>> temp knob all the way down to the "little" lines. The fan will come on as
>>> you've
>>> said, turn the knob toward the large lines which is telling the heater
>>> how
>>> hot
>>> you want it to heat, how long you want it to run before it reaches that
>>> temp
>>> and shuts off.
>>>
>>> The heater is supposed to be "started" with the thermostat dial at the
>>> lowest
>>> setting, then once the on/rocker switch is turned left/down and the fan
>>> begins
>>> blowing that indicates your start cycle has started. When it's very cold,
>>> the
>>> green light on the right comes on at the lowest thermostat setting but
>>> when
>>> it's not so cold, the thermostat has to be rotated to get the green light
>>> to come
>>> on and the start/heat cycle to start.
>>>
>>> The red light just means the heater is on and when the ambient inside
>>> cabin
>>> temp gets low enough, the green/start light comes on and the fan starts.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps get the chill off your home.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope. I did just as you said. No matter where the dial is, the fan
>> stays
>> on for ten seconds if I switch it to the left. If I turn the dial to the
>> little lines, turn the switch left, and then rotate the dial to the big
>> lines, the lights do not turn green, and the fan goes off after ten
>> seconds.
>>
>> It's 40 in the van now, which isn't really that cold, but I'd think the
>> heat
>> would go on at 40, woudln't it? Or does it only work at lower
>> temperatures?
>>
>> I do have propane in the tank!
>>
>>
>> Joy
>>
>>
>> bob
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I thought the south was supposed to be warm! But no. And my propex
>>>> heater
>>>> doesn't seem to be working.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone who has one (or knows them) give me some info? I have this
>>>> switch box/thermostat for it. The switch can go left, right or in the
>>>> middle (middle is off) and the thermostat dial can go from what I assume
>>>> is
>>>> minimal heat (very short bars on the dial) to hottest (long bars on the
>>>> dial).
>>>>
>>>> When I switch it left, towards the little picture of a flame, red and
>>>> yellow
>>>> lights come on. The fan blows for ten seconds and stops. No heat, just
>>>> cold
>>>> air. When I switch it right, towards some other little picture that I
>>>> can't
>>>> interpret, one green light comes on. The fan blows constantly. No
>>>> heat,
>>>> just cold air. Turning the thermostat dial makes no difference to any
>>>> of
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> What is supposed to happen when I turn the switch either way? And what
>>>> would be causing this lack of heat?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joy and Matilda, who are way too cold in Chattanooga
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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