We bought a new house several months ago. The house has two fireplaces with gas logs. The pilot has to be lit manually. While I got the pilot to burn successfully, it made a lot of noise. In fact, here's a video of the pilot with the noise it made.
[video=youtube;73izIMRc2zM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73izIMRc2zM[/video]
The short story is that I viewed some videos and decided that the pilot valve was open too much. After I figured out how to adjust the flame, I was able to back it down to a very small, pilot-sized flame. When I did, the noise went away.
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Here are my questions: How is it that both fireplaces are set too high? The PSNC guy was here and did not suggest at any point that the gas pressure was too high. Why was it necessary to have to adjust the pilot? The factory instructions say that the pilot valve is preset and does not normally need to be adjusted.
It's possible that the previous homeowner misadjusted them, but I can't imagine a reason why they would do so.
[video=youtube;73izIMRc2zM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73izIMRc2zM[/video]
The short story is that I viewed some videos and decided that the pilot valve was open too much. After I figured out how to adjust the flame, I was able to back it down to a very small, pilot-sized flame. When I did, the noise went away.
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Here are my questions: How is it that both fireplaces are set too high? The PSNC guy was here and did not suggest at any point that the gas pressure was too high. Why was it necessary to have to adjust the pilot? The factory instructions say that the pilot valve is preset and does not normally need to be adjusted.
It's possible that the previous homeowner misadjusted them, but I can't imagine a reason why they would do so.