Man this sucks!
The brand new dyna glo tag along let me down big time Saturday in the wind on harding. (I was in the shelter so wind wasn't the issue)
It took me an hour to get it lit for anything more than a couple minutes at a time...I would hold the pilot knob in for over a minute and it still wouldn't stay lit. I finally had to use a long lighter to keep the flame on and fired up the burner while holding the knob in...eventually the pilot light would stay on but then the heater would go out in a few minutes. Like I said I finally got it lit after about an hour of messing with it - it was a colder hour than I am used to in my quickfish III for sure!
Yesterday at home I got the dyna glo out and ran it on the bulk bottle and the 1lb bottle - even sitting in the house with everything at room temp I couldn't get the pilot to light...held it for a full two minutes and no go...busted thermocouple or something (I even put a torch lighter on it and it was hot for sure but kept going out)
I gave up and returned it to home depot and I'm just going to order the parts for my buddy heater. I changed the fuel filter and after an hour I couldn't get the pilot light to flicker like it was doing before. I still have a low heat output (compared to the brand new dyna glo and my buddy's brand new buddy heater) so I'm going to order the regulator, control valve, pilot assembly, and the burner. I'll start with the burner and see if that boosts my heat output up to normal - then I'll go part by part until it's brand new.
I thought about getting a new dyna glo - I do like it better than the buddy...but am feeling fed up!
No recommendations needed here, just venting! I don't want to have to carry two heaters and hope one will work!
