Mr. heater Buddy Problem

[Old Goat]

While camping during the Christmas and New Years Holidays, my old faithful Buddy heater developed a problem. When turned on the low setting after warm up, it makes a fluttering sound and doesn't seem to produce as much heat as it should.  It works fine on the high setting. I have cleaned every thing but the problem remains . Anybody else had this problem and know what might be causing it?......

[ScoobyDoo]

Goat I hope sombody can fix yours,mine has done that at random times for the 2 years that I have had it. I use it mostly with small bottles in tool truck. When it starts to act up I turn it up or off.In the pop-up I hook it to a big bottle and never had THAT problem, but we have only spent 4 nites and didn't use the heater all the time.

[flyfisherman]

When turned on the low setting after warm up, it makes a fluttering sound and doesn't seem to produce as much heat as it should.  It works fine on the high setting. I have cleaned every thing but the problem remains . Anybody else had this problem and know what might be causing it?......

Bill - are you connected to a 20# L/P tank via a 20' connecting hose when this happens?

If per chance you are ... let me tell you what happened with me - I found that it was necessary to shut the heater off at the tank rather than at the heater. Leaving any L/P gas in that rubberized type hose (a Mr. Buddy accessory) would cause a gooey kind of sledge to form and I had to clean out the intake valve on the heater (plus purge the fuel line hose itself). I gave a call to the Mr. Buddy tech folks and they confirmed this - that leaving fuel in the line after shutting off  at the heater will cause this.

Also, every season I clean the pilot light jet and that all this has kept my little heater just a-perkin!


Fly

[Old Goat]

Fly, I was running the buddy on the 1 lb. cannisters which I refill when this fluttering started. When I got back I tried it with the 12ft. hose and a full 20lb tank and it still flutters. If it were a fuel supply problem, then I think that the high setting would be affected also, but it isn't...High works perfectly..I think I will contact Mr. heater and see if he can solve the problem........