Hi, I've a weird gas fire problem. I recently got a gas stove line installed. It basically branches off the original gas line to the gas fireplace. Source is a 58 gal propane tank. When stove got installed last week my aged gas fireplace stopped working. Likely a coincidence as I was cleaning around it one day prior to the plumber coming and only noticed it as not working after stove gas line was installed. Plumber who installed stove took a quick courtesy look at fireplace issue and couldn't see the cause. Said it couldn't be line pressure but he didn't know a lot about gas fireplaces which is fine. ANYWAY this amusing footage shows the gas fire trying to start: New video by Howard Canning (takes 5-10 seconds to play)
Pilot comes on with a strong steady flame but fire doesn't ignite. As an amateur remedy I disassembled the fireplace piping, cleaned out all the internal narrow piping with WD-40 and blew air thru them to clean any possible debris and finger tightened all the bolts securing the piping. . I gently sanded the igniter and thermopile contact and wiped them clean. The stove lights up fine suggesting plenty of gas pressure so wondering how to fix gas fire and save money. It's an: Empire VFXI24P-1 with battery ignition (new batteries). Manual attached. I also cleaned and reseated the red and black wires going to what I think is the thermopile. See pic. Thanks.
Pilot comes on with a strong steady flame but fire doesn't ignite. As an amateur remedy I disassembled the fireplace piping, cleaned out all the internal narrow piping with WD-40 and blew air thru them to clean any possible debris and finger tightened all the bolts securing the piping. . I gently sanded the igniter and thermopile contact and wiped them clean. The stove lights up fine suggesting plenty of gas pressure so wondering how to fix gas fire and save money. It's an: Empire VFXI24P-1 with battery ignition (new batteries). Manual attached. I also cleaned and reseated the red and black wires going to what I think is the thermopile. See pic. Thanks.
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