I am trying to finish up my new brewing system and running into some last minute glitches (I hope its the last minute - I want to brew!).
I have a single tier with a BCS 460 controlling mlt and hlt burners. The burners are supplied by a standard propane tank. I got a new adjustable high pressure (0 - 40PSI) regulator to supply the three burners. I am using honeywell furnace valves with a standard needle valve between the ouput of the honeywell and the burner so I can manually adjust the flame. The HLT and MLT burner are the high pressure cast iron type bg10. The BK burner is a salvage from my old turkey fryer (BG12).
My two problems:
1. About three out of four times when I turn on the burner via the BCS, the honeywell valve does not turn on but makes a fairly loud buzzing sound. The other time it works fine. I have check the electrical connection as best I can with my el cheapo multi meter and it is getting power. I've tried recycling the power but it still seems to make the buzzing sound about twice as often as it just lights up.
2. I can't seem to get the right fuel air mixture for the burners. I get a tall sooty yellow flame with almost no blue in it. I have read the other threads about cleaning out the venturi and have done that. When I took it apart it was clean and put a pipe cleaner through both sides nothing stuck to it. I also blew it out with some canned air and took my shop vac to it. I acquired the two BG 10 burners with the stand and I'm not sure if they were used with natural gas or propane. Is there a difference? I get the same kind of flame with the BG 12 burner and I know that was used with propane. I've tried adjusting both the regulator setting and the needle valve. When I turn up the pressure from the regulator and have the needle valve wide open, the burner starts to make a hissing sound like it should and there is some blue flame but it also starts to spit flame out the side pipe where the gas connects to it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really want to brew this weekend. This project has taken me a lot longer than I anticipated and I'm almost out of beer!
I have a single tier with a BCS 460 controlling mlt and hlt burners. The burners are supplied by a standard propane tank. I got a new adjustable high pressure (0 - 40PSI) regulator to supply the three burners. I am using honeywell furnace valves with a standard needle valve between the ouput of the honeywell and the burner so I can manually adjust the flame. The HLT and MLT burner are the high pressure cast iron type bg10. The BK burner is a salvage from my old turkey fryer (BG12).
My two problems:
1. About three out of four times when I turn on the burner via the BCS, the honeywell valve does not turn on but makes a fairly loud buzzing sound. The other time it works fine. I have check the electrical connection as best I can with my el cheapo multi meter and it is getting power. I've tried recycling the power but it still seems to make the buzzing sound about twice as often as it just lights up.
2. I can't seem to get the right fuel air mixture for the burners. I get a tall sooty yellow flame with almost no blue in it. I have read the other threads about cleaning out the venturi and have done that. When I took it apart it was clean and put a pipe cleaner through both sides nothing stuck to it. I also blew it out with some canned air and took my shop vac to it. I acquired the two BG 10 burners with the stand and I'm not sure if they were used with natural gas or propane. Is there a difference? I get the same kind of flame with the BG 12 burner and I know that was used with propane. I've tried adjusting both the regulator setting and the needle valve. When I turn up the pressure from the regulator and have the needle valve wide open, the burner starts to make a hissing sound like it should and there is some blue flame but it also starts to spit flame out the side pipe where the gas connects to it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really want to brew this weekend. This project has taken me a lot longer than I anticipated and I'm almost out of beer!