The valve you are talking about is called a Flame Failure Device.....or FFD for short.
Basically a small lead from the valve has its tip next to the burner, when you hold in the button, gas passes through the FFD to the burner.......and the tip of the lead detects the heat from the burner.
The heat creates a minute electrical current at the tip which then holds open a solonoid valve in the FFD so that when you release the button gas keeps flowing to the burner as long as the tip of the is hot.
The most usual fault is that the tip of the lead burns away over time and no longer produces the small electrical current.
The technical name for this lead by the way is......Thermocouple lead.
They are normally relatively inexpensive and easy to change....
.....However being that this is a 'camping' appliance, perhaps you should omit the word inexpensive from the above statement.
On domestic appliances, a typical lead would be less than a fiver.
Post last edited on 22/03/2007 07:04:28
Post last edited on 22/03/2007 07:06:01
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JD.
C/o The Happy Pastures Home For The Slightly Bewildered
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Topic: Carver SB1800
