Nelson Spolflow cooker flame failure, failure

[Georgio]

Just went to put some soup on and one of the burners won't stay on, is this likly to be failure of the flame failue?

if so is this east to fix/replace?

thanks

Edit - can't change it now but heading should be Spinflow, not Spolflow.

 

[pmagowan]

try giving it a gentle tap with a hammer or something suitable. Fixes a lot of problems. Not too hard now!

 

[Georgio]

really???

well I suppose it can't work any less.

just found the spare part i need on the SoCal website, looks like 22 squids

 

[laika]

Thermocouple?

Before replacing it check that it hasn't got knocked out of position, ie right in the flame, Similar problem with my oven thermocouple but bending it a little solved the problem

 

[Georgio]

thanks, looks like it's in the same position as normal but will check the connections.

it's probably been like it a while as I tend to use the left burner and it's the right one that has gone.

 

[alan17]

Nelson spin flow

thanks, looks like it's in the same position as normal but will check the connections.

it's probably been like it a while as I tend to use the left burner and it's the right one that has gone.

I had a very similar prob some years ago. Spoke to Peter spreadbrother. Solution take the foil wrapper from a Rolo screw it up into a small ball and stuff that into the hole in the control knob that goes onto the spindle. This pushes the spindle in a little further when held in the lighting position. Sounded very unlikely to me but it did the trick.

Had a similar fault with a 6 month old Cannon cooker at home. The engineer fitted slightly thicker spacing washers to give the same effect. This also worked.

 

[Martin_J]

Hi..
Is this a total failure of the flame fail device or will the flame eventually stay lit if you hold the knob in for a longer time?

 

[savageseadog]

The thermocouples are pretty generic and replacements should be available from a plumbers merchant's

 

[bulto]

Try a caravan spares shop

 

[superheat6k]

Ditto for caravan shop. Spin flow is made by Thetford. Plenty of good suppliers on EBay.

 

[gerryraby1]

Re caravan shop, I replaced my Spinflo thermocoupler from a caravan shop. Half the price of Socal. From memory it was actually £9!

Gerry www.sadler32forsale.com

 

[Georgio]

Re caravan shop, I replaced my Spinflo thermocoupler from a caravan shop. Half the price of Socal. From memory it was actually £9!

Gerry www.sadler32forsale.com

Wish I have read that before ording the replacement, oh well, they give good service so I won't complain.

 

[johnnichols]

I have the same problem with my Plastimo Neptune 2000 (from memory ...boat's in Turkey) cooker, anybody any ideas for getting spare parts?

 

[Georgio]

Hi folks,
sorry to bring this back up but the replacement thermocouple I bought from SoCal has a much longer "tip" (the bit that goes in the flame), much larger than the origional, also the nut that holds the old one in place will not fit the new one and the new one does not appear to be a metric size (tried M4,5,6). It looks like a propper Spinflo spare part.

Went back to SoCal with this problem and the pic of the old and replacement thermocouple and they have not been very helpfull at all, just said to return it for a refund.

So - Does it matter if the tip is much taller as long as it's in the flame?

Any idea where I can get a nut that will fit the Bl**** thing? Or find out what thread it is.?

thanks