All-Pro turbo heater question

Brad Gyde · Nov 24, 2010

Hey guys,

So I have a 110,000 BTU All-Pro heater (Made by DESA, that is now bankrupt) I always called em salamanders, but heard them called turbo heaters and bullet heaters and jet heaters.. You get the idea.. and if not, I could post a picture, if it'd help.

Last winter I was having a few issues with said heater, and I *think* I got most of them straight now.. except for one..

It's now pushing flames out the front.. I still HAVE the book, and it says that I need to adjust my fuel pressure and so on.. I get that and I know how to do it.. but it says I need this "pressure gauge" to do it.. Ok.. so I look it up.. 30 bucks for shipping..

My question is: Is there any reason I couldn't just use a regular pressure gauge (That reads in proper scale, of course) and just leave it hooked right to the heater? I have lots of gauges on hand, I think I have one that'd do the job, or does someone have the "proper" gauge that they'd part with?

Thanks in advance,

Brad

Anonymous-0 · Nov 24, 2010

With the heater running turn the fuel presure down so the flames are back in the chamber. No gauge needed

Aaron Ford · Nov 25, 2010

We work on these at work. If it is pushing flame out the front it is too rich. This can be due to an air leak (ie, the lid being open) I set them to where the front will glow red. You can use any old pressure gauge. You can leave a pressure gauge hooked up 24-7 if you so decide. Most pumps have a port for this. I am setting ours up with a Fram G1 filter in the inlet line to try to keep the pumps from getting damaged by the coal dust. The factory screens are letting a lot by. One more idea is that there is a screen in the nozzle that requires disassembly of the head to get to. This one tends to cause abnormal spray patterns which can narrow the spray to the point that the spark plug is not effective.

Aaron

Brad Gyde · Nov 25, 2010

Aaron,

The problem I was having last year was it wouldn't start, or if it did, it'd run for 10 minutes or so then quit.. so, this year I:

-Replaced all rubber lines, as the "air line" had a small crack, and the fuel line felt really "soft" to me.
-Flushed fuel tank.. got some nasty stuff out of it, but not a lot
-New fuel filter
-Cleaned the "foam" air filter
-Cleaned the photo eye and igniter (I don't have the spark plug on mine)
-Cleaned the injector

Yesterday was the first time I noticed the flame (this year) so I backed the pressure down, some, then next time it cycled, it wouldn't fire again, so, I turned the pressure back to where it was.. fired 6 times after that, never missed again (I have mine on a thermostat)

I more less wanted to check the pressure to see if I'm in the neighborhood of where it should be, or if I have another problem I haven't found yet.. and if I put a gauge on it, I was thinkin if I could just leave it, it would be easier to diagnose future problems.

Thanks,

Brad

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Nov 26, 2010

I've always set them so the center cone didn't quite glow red.

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