Help: banjo burner issues

HorseHair · Jan 10, 2012

I have a a banjo burner(the blichman setup) and first time around it worked perfectly out of the box and then i went to brew today and and i get nothing but a yellow flame my tank is full and ive tried everything else please help.

724b · Jan 10, 2012

Have you adjusted the oxygen intake baffle? It sounds like you're getting too much oxygen.

day_trippr · Jan 10, 2012

On these burners, usually yellow flame = oxygen starved. Blue flames that lift off the burner = too much oxygen.

Definitely check the air valve, it should be roughly half open.

Otherwise, I've heard of weird things occasionally happening with regulators and tank safety devices that cause even weirder flame patterns. Try shutting off the tank valve, disconnecting the regulator, then reattach the regulator, make sure it's totally closed, then slowly open the tank valve. Then slowly open the regulator and light the burner...

Cheers!

HorseHair · Jan 10, 2012

i did all that and the closest thing to blue flame i got was no oxygen the second it was even slightly open it would shoot flames around my kettle

724b · Jan 10, 2012

That sounds right. Disregard my too much oxygen comment.

day_trippr said:
On these burners, usually yellow flame = oxygen starved. Blue flames that lift off the burner = too much oxygen.

Definitely check the air valve, it should be roughly half open.

Otherwise, I've heard of weird things occasionally happening with regulators and tank safety devices that cause even weirder flame patterns. Try shutting off the tank valve, disconnecting the regulator, then reattach the regulator, make sure it's totally closed, then slowly open the tank valve. Then slowly open the regulator and light the burner...

Cheers!

OneHoppyGuy · Jan 10, 2012

HorseHair said:
i did all that and the closest thing to blue flame i got was no oxygen the second it was even slightly open it would shoot flames around my kettle

That would be too high a pressure from your regulator.

HorseHair · Jan 10, 2012

OneHoppyGuy said:
That would be too high a pressure from your regulator.

yeah i know but its nothing but small yellow flames at low pressure. I spent an hour today trying different combinations of thing and taking it apart and re-lighting it i cant figure out the problem.

OneHoppyGuy · Jan 10, 2012

take the orifices out and clean them?

day_trippr · Jan 10, 2012

How long between uses was it?

Unscrew the orifice and remove it, the spring and air shutter and see if a spider built a nest inside the venturi...

Cheers!

OneHoppyGuy · Jan 10, 2012

day_trippr said:
How long between uses was it?

Unscrew the orifice and remove it, the spring and air shutter and see if a spider built a nest inside the venturi...

Cheers!

Great idea! :mug:

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