tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post4229384785003230933..comments2024-03-28T07:00:11.853-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Saturday MorningPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-68248200103169368542013-02-02T14:34:21.398-06:002013-02-02T14:34:21.398-06:00Enjoy the food, and good idea on the breaker!Enjoy the food, and good idea on the breaker!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-73265580092164850772013-02-02T09:27:41.231-06:002013-02-02T09:27:41.231-06:00I hope you have better luck with your Big Buddy he...I hope you have better luck with your Big Buddy heaters than I have had with mine. Just recently, I had the SECOND Big Buddy heater go all splodey-flamey on me. The failure was in the regulator, specifically in the rubber diaphragm in the regulator. Apparently, the Chinese regulators are not made out of the very best materials, and 2-3 years' service out of one of these regulators is about all one should expect.<br /><br />I'd be fine with that, if there were no better regulators out there, but most ARE better. The problem only seems to happen when using bulk bottles. The 1# bottles don't have this issue. That's as far as I can go on my level of science and engineering with this subject.<br /><br />I've occasionally left the main tank valve open and shut the heater off at the regulator's valve. Maybe it's time to stop doing that and make sure the heater bleeds down all it's propane pressure each time.<br /><br />Fine heater, but hard to get by that nagging "is today going to be the day it blows" feeling.Rivrdoghttp://rivrdog.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com