I didn’t poke anything thru it, just blew it out with a fair amount of pressure.ĭo you think it would be worth still doing what you have suggested? I have blown compressed air through it, based on another thread, so I hope I haven’t ruined the orifice. Regardless, after heating it up some, when I go to light the heater, the pilot goes out and nothing happens. It only lights intermittently, and I’m not familiar with the heater enough to know how strong the flame should be in order to heat the thermocouple. It seems my pilot orifice is clogged as well. Someone left me a Little Buddy heater- maybe an older one because there aren’t screws, but tabs instead. If the pilot light will not stay lit when the control button is released or goes out while the heater is in operation, the pilot orifice may be partially blocked.ĭisclaimer: all procedures should be performed by a licensed technician – the following is what I did to clean the pilot orifice. I love my Little Buddy! But, lately, it would not stay lit or would go out immediately when the gas valve was turned up. How I Repaired My Buddy Portable Heater by Les Paul Heater Fuel Filter for Portable Buddy and Big Buddy Heaters Heater Buddy 4,000-9,000-BTU Indoor-Safe Portable Radiant Heater If you buy them from these links I make a few cents and it won’t cost you any more. As I’m writing this the hose is $35 but if it keeps your Buddy heater from plugging up, it’s well worth it! Here are links to where you can get them on. Personally, I recommend you use both, their fuel filter and special hose. Heater also makes a special hose designed to be used with the portable Buddy Heaters that they claim allows you to not use the fuel filter. It is supposed to eliminate the problem, but like Les says, it doesn’t always work. Heater designed a simple $10 fuel filter that everyone using a Mr. But when you take off the regulator and connect them directly to a high pressure camping appliance through an adapter hose, the high pressure pulls the plasticizer out of the hose and that is what plugs up the Buddy Heater. They have a plasticizer in them that keeps the hoses flexible. That happens because bulk bottles use a regulator to reduce the pressure for low pressure items and hoses are designed to be used in a low pressure system. That reduces the cost of the propane by 75% but plugs up the orifices in the heater. The problem arises when people use a conversion hose to connect them to a bulk bottle, like a 20 pound bottle used on barbeque grills. The green bottles are a high pressure item designed to be screwed directly into the appliance. The Buddy heaters are a camping appliance designed to be used with the little green 1 lb bottles. Les is going to show us how to clear the plug if it does happen. But they have one problem they need to be used with a fuel filter if you are going to connect them to a bulk bottle, otherwise their orifices will plug up. If you vandwell in a cold area, one of the best things you can have is a Little Buddy Portable heater because they are cheap, safe and reliable. He recently did a post on repairing Little Buddy heaters and he graciously is allowing me to reproduce it here. But what if it won’t run? Today we have a guest post by Les Doll who has a blog called. Highly Recommended! Winter is here, and it’s time to get out your Mr.
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