Gas fire wont light

highlander44
highlander44 Forum Participant Posts: 19
edited April 2016 in Caravans #1

Have just changed van to a 2008 AbbyVouge carnt get the gas fire to light its the manual piezo type, the piezo cliks have changed gas bottle to a full one cheked all gas taps are on the piezo has two terminals one on the side and one at the bottom there is a wire to the side one but no wire to the bottom one is this normal.

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  • davehurst
    davehurst Forum Participant Posts: 48
    edited April 2016 #2

    Does it need a new battery ?

  • dave the rave
    dave the rave Forum Participant Posts: 806
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    edited April 2016 #3

    As I recall the bottom terminal should be coonected to the gas valve at the bottom of the ignitor rod..Wire should be thin with clearish insulation and will probably be lying somewhere at the base having become disconnected!

  • highlander44
    highlander44 Forum Participant Posts: 19
    edited April 2016 #4

    Hi dsweetman thanks will check in the morning.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited April 2016 #5

    You have turned on the gas supply at the minifold for the heating under the sink, haven't you?

  • highlander44
    highlander44 Forum Participant Posts: 19
    edited April 2016 #6

    Thanks folks dsweetman was spot on the earth wire was missing alltogether made up a new wire fire lit first time thanks again.

  • petertr
    petertr Forum Participant Posts: 199
    edited April 2016 #7

    You have turned on the gas supply at the minifold for the heating under the sink, haven't you?

    You say that almost as a joke - but seriously........

    Took my wife and her brother&partner to Glastonbury last year.  Everyone was smug about being able to have hot showers at Glasto.....

    Hot water wouldn't come on - it had always been temperamental, but never this bad.

    Turns out the shut off valve was "off".  I couldn't think how - we'd never once touched those valves - there's no need, its isolated by the (old type) regulator manually.

    Turns out, when I'd had a damp repair, the engineer had turned them off, and not quite turned that one back on.

     

    So we had a kettle full of hot water each for a sink wash! :)

  • holmesonwheels24
    holmesonwheels24 Forum Participant Posts: 148
    edited April 2016 #8

    CoolWashing at Glastonbury ?   posh or what

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