Bypass orifice, Safety gas control valve – L.B. White I-17 Infraconic User Manual

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1. Disconnect the gas hose.

2. Disconnect the thermocouple from the safety valve.

3. Loosen the jam nut on the air housing.

4. Turning counterclockwise, remove the safety control.

When reassembling:

-- Ensure o-ring is seated in jam nut.
-- Apply Loctite (supplied with replacement) to first

four threads of air housing.

-- Thread the safety control valve onto the air

housing at least four full turns, and as needed to
allow the valve to be installed in an upright
position.

-- Thread the jam nut hand tight against the body of

the control and secure in place with a wrench.

FIG. 12

BYPASS ORIFICE

Individual Control Heaters

The bypass orifice is located in the modulating valve body of
individual controlled heaters. Its purpose is to supply low
pressure gas to the inner combustion cone when heat
demand is satisfied.

The orifice may become plugged with dirt after significant
heater use. A symptom of a plugged orifice is:

-- Inner cone goes out when thermostatic head cycles

heater back to low heat.

Refer to the following instructions:

1. Apply wrenches to the flats of the valve body and the

adapter nut. See Fig. 13.

2. Loosen the adapter nut at the outlet of the valve body.

3. Remove the thermostatic head with valve from the

heater. See Fig. 13.

4. Using a 3/16 in. nut driver, remove the orifice from

valve body. See Fig. 14. Replace if necessary. At
r e i n s t a l l a t i o n , f i r m l y s n u g i n to p l a c e . D o n ot
overtighten as thread damage may occur.

FIG. 13

FIG. 14

15

LOW FIRE ORIFICE

THERMOSTATIC
HEAD

BYPASS ORIFICE

THERMOSTATIC

HEAD

SAFETY GAS CONTROL VALVE

ADAPTER NUT

FLATS ON VALVE

MODULATING VALVE BODY

JAM NUT O-RING

THERMOCOUPLE

AIR
HOUSING

APPLY LOCTITE

SAFETY CONTROL VALVE

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