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Generator tubes and the manifold it goes into
When operating the stove I'm see a small amount of yellow flames come out of the hole that the generator tube enters the manifold at. Are any others seeing this happen? My generator tube is ancient and I'm wondering if I should just replace it. I have a spare that I could just swap in. Looks like I bought the spare back in '91 and just never put it in. It has 9/91 written on it, so I think that is when it was bought. The copyright date on the package is 1990.
BTW: After each season if you pull apart the generator tube and soak and clean it with carb cleaner it won't get a plugging buildup of gunk inside. After starting doing that maintenance this stove hasn't needed a new generator tube. Also an old plugged generator tube was resurrected doing this so I technically have two spares now.
There are 4 parts to the generator tube.
1: An outer tube with a pinhole in the cap at the manifold end
2: Spring/coiled wire
3: Small inner tube
4: Straight wire.
I was going to pull apart my replacement one and photograph the bits, but I can't remove the spring wire, #2, which they call a coil. The inner tube, #3, and straight wire, #4, they call a needle.
When operating the stove I'm see a small amount of yellow flames come out of the hole that the generator tube enters the manifold at. Are any others seeing this happen? My generator tube is ancient and I'm wondering if I should just replace it. I have a spare that I could just swap in. Looks like I bought the spare back in '91 and just never put it in. It has 9/91 written on it, so I think that is when it was bought. The copyright date on the package is 1990.
BTW: After each season if you pull apart the generator tube and soak and clean it with carb cleaner it won't get a plugging buildup of gunk inside. After starting doing that maintenance this stove hasn't needed a new generator tube. Also an old plugged generator tube was resurrected doing this so I technically have two spares now.
There are 4 parts to the generator tube.
1: An outer tube with a pinhole in the cap at the manifold end
2: Spring/coiled wire
3: Small inner tube
4: Straight wire.
I was going to pull apart my replacement one and photograph the bits, but I can't remove the spring wire, #2, which they call a coil. The inner tube, #3, and straight wire, #4, they call a needle.