problem with gas burner
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:43 am
Hi all
Not sure if this is the correct forum - please advise if not. Our Bongo has a little kitchen unit with a sink and a two burner hob. Using it this summer the larger of the two burners was getting harder and harder to light. Normally you hold down the dial and turn it to the 'fully on' position, light it and then after a couple of seconds release the dial and the burner stays lit. It started needing to be tried a few times and then it just stopped staying alight at all. The smaller burner works as expected every time.
I read up on it and tried a couple of things. One suggestion was to turn it on and off in rapid succession (or something like that - it was back in the summer) and that actually worked for a while, but no longer. Then I took the burner bits apart and gave them a good clean. There was definitely some muck to clean off. That improved things for a while but the problem is back. It seems like it is likely to be the thermistor. Opinion varies online as to how easy (and safe) it is to replace this yourself so I decided to get a professional to have a look for us - but no-one is willing to do it! Our local domestic appliance centre people won't look at campervans and the same for a national gas repair place we tried.
So my question is - how have other people dealt with this problem? What sort of professional should I be looking for. If there is no way for someone to do it I could buy a thermistor probably and try it myself but would rather be "gas safe". We're in Dorset.
thanks,
Iain
Not sure if this is the correct forum - please advise if not. Our Bongo has a little kitchen unit with a sink and a two burner hob. Using it this summer the larger of the two burners was getting harder and harder to light. Normally you hold down the dial and turn it to the 'fully on' position, light it and then after a couple of seconds release the dial and the burner stays lit. It started needing to be tried a few times and then it just stopped staying alight at all. The smaller burner works as expected every time.
I read up on it and tried a couple of things. One suggestion was to turn it on and off in rapid succession (or something like that - it was back in the summer) and that actually worked for a while, but no longer. Then I took the burner bits apart and gave them a good clean. There was definitely some muck to clean off. That improved things for a while but the problem is back. It seems like it is likely to be the thermistor. Opinion varies online as to how easy (and safe) it is to replace this yourself so I decided to get a professional to have a look for us - but no-one is willing to do it! Our local domestic appliance centre people won't look at campervans and the same for a national gas repair place we tried.
So my question is - how have other people dealt with this problem? What sort of professional should I be looking for. If there is no way for someone to do it I could buy a thermistor probably and try it myself but would rather be "gas safe". We're in Dorset.
thanks,
Iain