Comfort Glow Wall Heater Will Not Stay Lit

How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters.

Comfort glow wall heater will not stay lit.

In case i screwed it too tight the first time but i cannot figure out the problem. Light your comfort glow heater by pressing the ignitor button if you find yourself looking for a way to light the pilot do not try to light the ignitor with matches. Check your gas supply. If you are trying to use a vent free gas appliance at a location higher than 4500 feet the pilot will not stay lit as the air is too thin and there is not enough oxygen for proper operation.

The room is wrapped in a blanket of comfort as the air is warmed. The ignitor works great the flame is blue except. These ignitors only require pressure to get electricity. Blue flame heaters comfort glow vent free vent less blue flame convection heaters work much like a central heating system.

I have a fairly new 2 or 3 years old comfort glow wall heater vent free. Unfortunately without the model number i will not be able to provide specific information. Tmbrandish said that the flame i saw was just a pilot light and that it is always on but i saw my grate grandpa go and turn it off. A partial blockage however may allow the burner to light but will not provide enough fuel to keep it lit.

Piezo ignitors work without electric current. A complete blockage often prevents the burner from lighting at all. If your burner lights for a short time but then goes out you may have a blockage in the gas valve. I know it s frustrating when the heater stops working.

There is no solution for this. The gas line is what provides fuel to the burner to keep it lit. If it will not stay lit this could be a problem with the gas valve the thermocouple it could be a gas pressure problem or control if this model has one. Radiant infrared heaters comfort glow vent free vent less plaque infrared heaters direct heat from radiant plaques that warm like the sun it heats objects in the room before the air.

If you have hooked the heater up to the wrong gas type you may have this problem. Locate the piezo ignitor button on the front of the heater base assembly. Located in my grate grand parent s basement in louisville ky. It went out in the middle of the night last week and now the pilot light refuses to stay lit.