Last e-mail before we leave on our trip.
The small Hydro-flame from that era didn't have any fan, so that was all
an add-on. The original pilot & temp controller was in the lower aft
corner of the galvanized box, and a temp bulb ran a little ways along
the outside of the shroud. The flame should burn about 3 inches tall.
Most likely you need to remove the burner from the bottom of the
combustion chamber and clean the pile 'o crap that seems to collect on
these (from the outside exhaust duct) and the rust and scale, then wire
brush it up good and blow out the orifice. Ours works just fine after
the above mentioned cleaning - was dead to world prior.
Here's a picture of ours.
http://members.home.net/dial/interior,heater.JPG
RJ
'65 Caravel
(all loaded to go)
asbestos wrote:
>
> in my 66 caravel we have the 'hydro-flame' furnace it looks original except
> that there is a piece of 110V wire in the cabinet and it just ends. Someone
> Jerry rigged a computer type fan on the grille. I think that someone added a
> new controller and removed an old fan. The new controller has a copper wire
> running to a copper bulb on the wall. Is that original? or a new feature.
> Mainly the central flame seems wimpy, only slightly bigger then the pilot is
> the orifice clogged?
