Hi, I have noticed that the silent burner cap burns bright orange on the original burner. Are they supposed to work like that or do I have a problem. Thanks Andrew
Hi Andrew, Is the burner cap brass or steel? With a brass cap it is quite normal, with a steel cap, less so but still glows a dull red if the flamelets are close-in to the outer cap. Alec.
It's brass so I'll put a steel one on to see how it works. I am a bit concerned it's getting too hot. Thanks Andrew
Hi Andrew, not too hot at all. That is the way that these radiant heaters are supposed to work, something would be wrong if it wasn't glowing! - see eg this posting, or this one. Can't be sure from your photo, but do you also have the reflector bowl which helps direct the heat? Ian
Hi Andrew, do you mean the whole silent burner cap of the burner under the heating dome is glowing bright orange?? Oh, sorry, i saw it in Ian´s link..... Are they permanently withstand this torture?
Probably not, Matthias - I dare say that, like the firebars on a steam loco, in time they would burn away; but I imagine that the makers saw them as consumables, like mantles on pressure lamps. I also expect that dealers who sold stoves were happy that those parts wore out. After all, the trouble with pressure stoves - from the shopkeepers point of view - was that they could sell a stove to a customer, and it could easily still be going strong when the customer died of old age, so he might never need to buy another one! That being so, the shopkeeper would be very happy that the stove had at least some parts that wore out, so that the customer would have to buy replacements in his shop. With best regards, Jack
Hi Jack, yes, so it could be . :-) If it concerns the burner cap, OK, but when the burner itself is getting leaky it will be expensive!!
Very true - but at least, unlike your neighbours who rely on totally on electricity, when the power goes off, you won't be sitting in the dark and the cold! Best regards, Jack
Hi @Andrew Take a look at my avatar, that is a Svea 35 heater (No reflector on this pic). Nice, glowing burner cap....
Hi thanks for the replies. The burner cap has taken a bit of a beating with the brass between two of the flame holes on the silent burner cap burned through. I put a Hipolito steel cap on the burner and it does not glow like the brass one so I'm happy all looks good. I must find a pricker tip for it as the hand gets hot using a normal hand held pricker. It might help taking the reflector off when cleaning the jet.
You could probably add a brass mesh to create a filter for the kerosene. Would greatly reduce the need for pricking - if the burner is clean...
