I have a Pitco 35C+S fryer that goes out. When I relight the pilot, turn the gas on. the burners light and blow flame hard for a second or two and then die down to normal. It will relight with the thermostat set still set. Is there something wrong with it? I didnt think it would light with the thermostat on
Kitchen Appliances - Others - Pitco Frialator - 35CS Deep Fryer
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With the thermostat on the burners are still getting gas. that's normal. If it lights with the thermostat off you do have a severe problem. (bad gas valve/Tstat). The pilot does occasionaly go out on all no electronic ignition items is normal. Follow the remommended steps for relighting and if it lights fine your ok.
All the gas valve does is allow the gas to flow in from the line. Does your Tstat have a mechanical knob (connected to a gas valve) or is it all electronic (wires only). If electronic you could infact have a bad gas valve being the tstat activated the gas valve allowing gas to flow in. If mechanical could be the valve is stuck open. make sure there are no signs of gas smells.
Ur issue can be fixed by replacing the thermo-coupler. 6 bucks at the H depot
if youve changed the thermo couple and it didnt work.then its your gas valve it is either stuck.or needs replacing.
You can not check a thermocouple by resistence. You have to check it by millivoltage when it is hot and sensing it should be above 500mv.
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No gas flow to lite pilot
Hi,
On your request I have the following documentation.
Operation manual
Parts manual and schematics.
Regarding your problem, I am not very confident with this type of fryer, however after giving a look at the schematics I think that you should check the orifice and the thermocouple on pilot, part 5 on diagram below:
I think that excluding the mechanical thermostat part 14 below should not prevent the machine from working, however if the thermostat is faulty it may stop the gas flow.
Regards.