Calling all gas engineers. The fire's just gone out.

[Salty seadog]

Not the late great Dave Allen sketch....

But my real flame gas fire, (cannon of some kind ) has recently started going out after an hour or so.
The flame goes out and the gas supply stops.
Any ideas as to what causes this?

It starts up again right away.

 

[Markymark]

RIP it all out, cap off the gas and put a real fire in.

 

[Salty seadog]

RIP it all out, cap off the gas and put a real fire in.

It is real fire....when it's there.

Besides, I don't have to go out to collect and chop gas, it's on tap

 

[Old jon]

Put a shilling in the meter?

 

[Adam4868]

You sure it doesn't just want a good clean,vacuum bits of crap/soot out of it.If the flame goes out so will gas as a safety feature I think.
Take all the coals ect off,remember how they go back and not when there hot !

 

[roadrash]

im no gas engineer but..
..https://www.traffordfireplaces.co.uk/what-do-you-do-if-your-gas-fire-keeps-going-out/

worked on my sons, just a clean with hoover

 

[Drago]

Wheres Arthur Brown when you need him?

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h56bfUxY0PM

 

[Levo-Lon]

Well it may need a service but i suspect its the regulator or gas cock.

It's gas Dont mess about, get it serviced by a gas safe engineer

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It is real fire....when it's there.

Besides, I don't have to go out to collect and chop gas, it's on tap

Chopping gas is easy, there's nothing to it!

 

[Salty seadog]

Well it may need a service but i suspect its the regulator or gas cock.

It's gas Dont mess about, get it serviced by a gas safe engineer

Got the boiler service coming up, I'll bung this in with it.

 

[Dave 123]

View: https://youtu.be/m4gesx7NAMQ

 

[slowmotion]

I think it could be one of those caring EcoFires that turn themselves off in warm weather.

 

[tony111]

Turn it off and don't use it until you have it checked out is my advice. It could just be a faulty thermocouple but then again it could be the oxygen depletion device that operates when the flue gases arn't clearing properly.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It could just be a faulty thermocouple

Doesn't the lack of flame on the thermocouple stop the gas flow? Seems that that bit is working according to the OP........

 

[tony111]

Yes, but the oxygen depletion device extinguishes the pilot light to make the fire shut down even if the thermocouple is working correctly. It's to prevent carbon monoxide spillage into a room if the flue isn't working correctly.
The fact that the fire lights ok and stays lit for a while before shutting down suggests spillage back into the room.