CrossTrail replied on 01/01/2018 19:02
Posted on 01/01/2018 19:02
A: When it is cold and windy!
We are talking about a Truma Trumatic S3002. It was a cold and windy day between Xmas and New Year and we were off grid.
The heater would fire up but soon appear to run out of gas - the pilot would flicker and die and the electric ignition device would start sparking. Turn off, wait a few minutes, try again and the same scenario would play out again.
The gas comes from a Gaslow bottle which is full. The gas cooker worked fine.
Now that the weather has warmed up a bit, the wind has died down and we are on grid, the heater is working fine. Not having control of the variables, fault finding is going to be tricky.
So is the problem likely to be:
a) wind blowing down a cold chimney and blowing the flame out
b) LPG doesn't like cold weather (circa 0 degrees C)
c) a certain voltage is required to keep a gas valve open somewhere which wasn't being supplied by the van's battery
d) something I haven't thought of?
CrossTrail