The simple natural gas and propane burners usually have a screw to adjust the
gas air mixture. A repairman will adjust the screw for the best color of the
flame. A standard gas or propane furnace requires adjustment once a year. The
burner area also needs vacuuming once a year.
No adjustment available on high efficiency furnaces.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Why does my Propane heater burn so dirty?
I don't like the sound of that one little bit!
Burning propane exhausts carbon monoxide. Of course you can see your muck,
you don't see or smell carbon monoxide.
Is this unit vented outside?
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Richer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:19 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Why does my Propane heater burn so dirty?
I have a 100 pound Propane tank outside the house. I have three
Propane appliances that run off that tank. They are an ordinary cook stove,
an ordinary double oven, and a Propane space heater.
The stove and oven burn perfectly cleanly, no smell, nothing, just
heat. The space heater gives off smoke, it stinks, and the walls all around
the living room where the heater is are darkened about ten feet off the
floor.
Why do the stove and oven burn so cleanly and the heater so dirty?
I know I'm supposed to clean the heater every year. Why is it that I
never have to clean the stove or the oven?
Thanks.
Jerry
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