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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Equipment => Topic started by: yakster on Feb 15, 2016, 06:42 PM
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this has happened to me twice now with this heater in two years.. all the sudden, out of the blue, the thing starts making a loud screeching sound and shoots a large flame over the burner. the metal underneath the burner gets red hot and all there is to do is throw it outside of the portable, flip the thing over and cover it in snow to put it out. after a while of letting it dry out it relights and no problems.. what gives? anyone else ever have this problem or know why it happens?
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Hmm? Frozen regulator ? ???
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maybe it needs a good cleaning. I bought a similar heater/cooker at an auction, didn't want it but it came with something that I did want. anyway, I played with it after getting it home and the noise and popping sounds coming from it almost had me throwing it out in the snow, but I let it burn. It took some fine tuning but it finally started to work and throw some heat. Since then I blew it out with an air compressor, and it works well for an antique. The fine tuning I did was mostly with a 2lb hammer, gently tapping on things. There are new parts available for these heaters. good luck.
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Regulator. Probably has some moisture in it and is freezing.
You should shoot a message or call to mr heater and ask them what is going on.