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Post# 591854 , Reply# 1 4/24/2012 at 16:34 (4,382 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 591891 , Reply# 2 4/24/2012 at 19:27 (4,382 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Pilot Light Won't Stay On This is a very common problem with standing pilot dryers as they age. Either the pilot safety is bad or if you are very lucky out of adjustment. But usually you need a part and I would almost bet without looking that it is NLA. If you want to try to fix this you either need the service manual or find an older repair person that remembers how these work and knows how how to fix them safely, Good Luck. | ||
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Post# 591896 , Reply# 3 4/24/2012 at 19:59 (4,382 days old) by kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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| Post# 591980 , Reply# 4 4/25/2012 at 06:44 (4,381 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Post# 592128 , Reply# 5 4/25/2012 at 17:48 (4,381 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 592135 , Reply# 6 4/25/2012 at 18:57 (4,381 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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If I recall correctly, John (combo52) has done this several times too.
Perhaps he or Rick can chime in on what parts they used. It's a little fuzzy in my mind right now, but I think he mentioned using the burner and ignition assembly from a later Stream-of-Heat dryer and then he throttled back the output to 18,000 BTUs to match the output of the original burner. You also have the added safety advantage of a two-solenoid gas valve as well as much greater availability of parts. I had the burner out of my DG806 last summer to clean it and inspect it and I really don't see any easy way to convert it to electric ignition. | ||
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Post# 592143 , Reply# 7 4/25/2012 at 19:31 (4,381 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Pilot Light Won't Stay On Yes Rickr and I have done this, but I would not recommend someone try this that not had a lot of experience working on gas appliances. I did use the burner assembly from a SOH MT dryer and changed the main office to 18,000 BTUs. The HOH gas dryer was pretty marginal design in the first place and I probably should have gone down to 14.000 or 16,000 BTUs for greater safety. | ||
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