dmcintosh
Well-known member
So, here's the situation. I have a M-38 Ashley poultry scalder (http://www.ashleymachine.com/sure-scald.asp) installed in our Mobile Meat Processing Lab (MMPL) that burns propane. Initially this worked reasonably well, but the pilot light was a bear to get light due to the long pipe (~35' of 3/4" black iron) feeding the unit. We had an auto ignitor installed, that helped some, but it has since burned up. So, two questions: 1. Is there a reliable way to convert what is essentially a large outdoor style cooker burner to auto ignition (maybe electronic)? and 2. recently the flame has been burning orange, instead of blue. Plan is to remove the burner and give it a good cleaning, but what else may be causing the flam to burn so poorly? We did have oil in the regulator and have cleaned this out (likely going to replace it, but needed to get the unit working this last week to process some turkeys (
). trying to get this sorted out to be as easy to use, reliable and efficient burning as possible. I'd appreciate any insight anyone with more HVAC type experience can offer.