Lighting a spiral burner

[Diesel80]

Got my new medium pressure reg and gas hose hooked up now. I can't seem to get the burner to light correctly. Flames keep jumping back down the burner and out the air holes then the flame goes out. My knuckles have never been smoother! What gives? Shall I give it more gas pressure. I am erring at the moment. Is there a correct procedure? Can remember how I fixed this on my 3 ring as that was over 2 years ago.

Cheers
D80

 

[stux]

Mine doesn't do that for what it's worth.

Try lighting it on a lower pressure, adjust the Venturi so it burns nice and blue with just a tinge of yellow on the blue flames

 

[Weizguy]

Agree. Lower the reg pressure and light the gas match or lighter before you turn the gas on at the burner.
Close up the venturi, as I find that you can more easily adjust it once you have the flame lit.

Have been having a similar issue with the Mammuth burner (Spiral's big brother).

 

[n87]

have the lighter lit first
hold over gas holes
turn gas on lowest setting

burn stuff.


FWIW, i use a long nose gas lighter... makes it easier on the skin.

 

[Diesel80]

Thanks Lads,

I need to get it cranking to settle on a burner height from the kettle. Unfortunately the squids are sick so no brew day tonight but that gives me an extra week to make sure everything is mickey mouse.
Hope not to appear on the news next week!

Cheers,
D80

 

[pajs]

And be careful not to get the gas fitting done backwards, setting the thing on fire, including the lever for turning off the gas supply. Less confidence in my DIY gas fitting abilities after that.

 

[Diesel80]

And be careful not to get the gas fitting done backwards, setting the thing on fire, including the lever for turning off the gas supply. Less confidence in my DIY gas fitting abilities after that.

How did you manage that?! Sounds like an eventful session

 

[GalBrew]

Yep gas pressure too high.

 

[pajs]

How did you manage that?! Sounds like an eventful session

Combination of a leak, getting the direction of flow wrong at one point, and a match. Quite eventful. Depilatory.

Housemate piped up later with the revelation his Dad back in Qld was a gasfitter and could have talked me through the install over the phone... Not well received.

 

[antiphile]

Unfortunately the squids are sick so no brew day tonight

Calamari for dinner! You're better half will love you!

 

[Tex N Oz]

What is a spiral burner? I use a mongolian 32 jet and it works a real treat.

 

[Camo6]

Got my new medium pressure reg and gas hose hooked up now. I can't seem to get the burner to light correctly. Flames keep jumping back down the burner and out the air holes then the flame goes out. My knuckles have never been smoother! What gives? Shall I give it more gas pressure. I am erring at the moment. Is there a correct procedure? Can remember how I fixed this on my 3 ring as that was over 2 years ago.

Cheers
D80

Can you hear the gas flowing and are you turning the reg the right way? I wind mine out anti clockwise to close the reg then clockwise while I hold the bbq lighter over the burner. Make sure your venturi is pretty much wide open too.
Also check your holes are clear with a suitable drill bit. New burners can be clogged with paint and after a couple of years the cast iron can flake and block up too.

 

[Camo6]

What is a spiral burner? I use a mongolian 32 jet and it works a real treat.

Tex, look up Italian Spiral Burner. Good for heating up a 44 gallon drum of passata. Not as noisy as a Mongolian or Rambo I believe.

 

[Weizguy]

What is a spiral burner? I use a mongolian 32 jet and it works a real treat.

Can do a photo later, or a link now.
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/59249-assorted-blichmann-gear-for-sale-brisbane/

 

[user 36151]

Best method I've found is to use a hand trigger map gas torch or similar i have a 4 ring burner and it lights all 4 at once when on high with minimal voom and no flash backs ( if thats what its called when they blow themselves out and shoot flame down the Venturi bit) seems to do this if you try to light one at a time.

 

[antiphile]

Damn, Osprey. I wish I had thought that before you mentioned it! Thanks for the tip.

 

[Kingy]

I start mine with the Venturi closed and hold the lighter or map gas torch over the spiral holes then turn the gas on slowly and it starts up nice and slow.
I only got flashbacks where the flame goes out and a little flame in the Venturi starts when I didn't close the Venturi.
If I don't hold an ignition over the spiral when turning the gas on I get a free haircut on my hand.

 

[stux]

What is a spiral burner? I use a mongolian 32 jet and it works a real treat.

Beware the back blast

 

[Diesel80]

Holy crap Stux!

 

[SBOB]

Beware the back blast

thats a NASA space launch, not a NASA burner