Problem With Bottled Gas Heater.

[sandyRoe]

I've not used this for about a month. There's a new bottle of gas and the ignition spark lights when the button is pressed but it won't light the gas.
Any ideas?

[calmck]

Is the bottle open

[sandyRoe]

It's open yes.

[davebro]

have you got matches?

[douglas9401]

Something blocking the valve on the bottle?

It happened to me one time with a Calor Super Ser heater. Being young and foolish I pressed the valve with the handle of a wooden spoon releasing a blast of gas and had no problems after that.

Can't stress the young and foolish too much! :-)

[sandyRoe]

I changed the bottles and it's working now.
There doesn't seem to be anything on the valve. I'll ask the gas man when he's back to swap it for me.

[Peter Pedant]

its russian gas and
its saying - HET! HET!

[Peter Pedant]

dougie - that is purging - we all do it - - (stick wooden things up doo-dahs)

[douglas9401]

If it's the newer type there's a brass coloured circular piece with another circle in the middle, that middle part is the valve that gets pushed down to allow flow.

[douglas9401]

That's the word I've been scrabbling for Peter, ta.