Can we fix a Master torpedo heater with E1 error code.

[@chriswablington7118]

Excellent! I have a torpedo heater at work that has an E1 code and defies all troubleshooting efforts. We were just gonna use it for donor parts, but I’m gonna check out the circuit board first. Thanks for sharing your experiment 👍

[@ernestbrummitt1206]

I repair turbo heaters for a living. As soon as I removed the cover on this abomination my immediate reaction was "over -engineered"

[@DavidWeidner10]

Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

Classic case of taking a perfectly simple and reliable system and making it so expensive to fix you gotta buy a new one, Not sure if the handbrake/fanbrake is fully OHS compliant though.

[@JoeAsa]

I thought about doing this to my heater that craps out after running for 10-15 minutes. The safety issue is that the photocell is pretty important. If the flame goes out the photocell shuts off the pump so that you don't create a lot of fine mist fuel in the air. That fine mist fuel can cause one hell of a fire if ignited. Also, I think the solenoid valve is meant to relieve fuel pressure when the pump is shut off. You shouldn't need it to run.

[@DavidWeidner10]

I agree with you about the photocell. But....they didn't have them for many many years on these heaters. It think there are other ways to be smart about it. I.E. NEVER run it unattended. Another cheap but easy mod would be to buy a plug remote control. So if you were say... working on a car in a garage....and the flame pooped out but the fan kept blowing fuel....you could have the "off" switch readily at hand in reach of where you are working. It's a legit concern that you mentioned. You have to babysit the old ones and this one that I have modded. I would never run it while I was not in the room.

[@the_truck_farmer]

I’m having the same e1 code with liquid fuel spatter but no ignition. I’m going to go thru and clean photo eye, nozzle, filter, etc and if I still have trouble I’m wiring mine like you did! 🎉

[@aornest]

Absolutely love what you've done here! I have the same set up and I've HAD IT with the controls! I'm wiring mine to be manual as well, but one thing I didn't see was wiring the "dump" (as it's called on the schematic in the manual). Did the heater here have this, and how did you hook it up? Mine is a Protemp 220 dfv... the Master 220 in the video is an sdr. Maybe that's the difference? Thanks for an awesome informational video.

[@DavidWeidner10]

Hmm...I'm not familiar with the "dump". I didn't have a wiring diagram to go by but just physically chased the wires through the machine. Good luck with yours! Thanks for watching.

[@DevinBirmingham]

You have the link of where yo get the new motherboard? I'd like to keep the thermostat adjustments for it

[@bigdog0u81]

I have a older heater like this that has no thermostat. I took a home thermostat and cut an extension cord and wired it in and it cuts it on an off with the temp now.

[@michaelfoster6706]

Damn.... nice video man. im having an ignite issue with mine right now....nice job...

[@DavidWeidner10]

Thanks for watching and the nice comment! I really appreciate it. Good luck with yours.

[@michaelfoster6706]

@@DavidWeidner10 Thank you.

[@bigdog0u81]

You think its not lighting because you are turning on the fuel too fast? Seemed like the other times you paused a little before turning on the fuel and the last time it seemed like you did it faster.

[@tomthumb6269]

A guy through a new machine in the skip that I had to retrieve, ofcourse. The usual E1 error code. I took the machine cover off and saw circuit boards and instantly thought...BYPASS. Then I found this video : ). Maybe it's our age lol, Because I can remember these heaters in the 80s having NO circuit boards.

[@DavidWeidner10]

Yep. The boards add nice thermostat controls, but...quality of the electronics seems to be a problem. The old stuff....well....just didn't break.

[@the_truck_farmer]

@@DavidWeidner10I had a smaller torpedo heater in the past that didn’t come with a thermostat. I went to menards & got a baseboard electric heater thermostat and wired it inline with the power. Worked great!

[@DavidWeidner10]

Sounds good. I bought a wireless "wall plug" thermostat for an old space heater for our camper. Joys of new tech right. Thanks for watching and the comment! @@the_truck_farmer

[@gado6438]

I thought you only had to use the igniter to start it then switch it off.

[@DavidWeidner10]

On all my older non circuit board units, the spark plug sparks continuously while running so I figured this one should too.

[@ernestbrummitt1206]

Yeah on these the ignitors constantly spark to continuously ignite the fuel from the nozzle. Wick heaters only need the ignitor to start. These are amazing machines but can be damn finicky😅

[@codycampbell28]

I have the same heater. Mine won't ignite at all. It does the 5 step count. Fan on you can hear the igniter[also confirmed it does work] once fan kicks it trys to ignite, fuel drips out the end. Then e1 comes on and it kicks back out. Any ideas?

[@DavidWeidner10]

Hmm...just guessing but....fuel filter, fuel pickup line in the tank, bad fuel? Places to start anyway.

[@codycampbell28]

@DavidWeidner10 iv put new fuel, it drips fuel out the end of the heater. Took the nozzle out and cleaned. It's hot me stumped lol.

[@DavidWeidner10]

Maybe the pump pressure is too high? I think there is an adjustment screw. @@codycampbell28

[@sylvievorachith130]

not high enough. crank that baby up and see if it runs if all the functionality works@@DavidWeidner10

[@agathasmith4730]

Mine had this problem exactly but I have no clue how to do this. I'm in marengo Illinois of anyone is close by and wants a little job??

[@soloshooter2235]

I got lost man 😂 I skipped class

[@aaireg]

Not burning, could be filter, rotor, lines, thermistat, photcell,

[@sylvievorachith130]

these dont have a rotor assembly. has no one tried adjusting pressure?

[@nervouswreck392]

Ya ‼️

[@jdutcher1157]

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