Force 10 propane stove

[sparty]

Is there a way to adjust the burners to eliminate yellow flame and soot?

[smith8273]

I've solved that problem on my Force 10.

Rust was building up inside the cast iron burners, lifting the top cap up and that was affecting the burning.

I wire brush the burners, inside where the two pieces fit together. Get a wire and chase out all the burner holes. Vacuum and and clean. Test fit back together. Make sure that the top cap fits into the bottom piece as designed.

Then you should be good to go!

[sparty]

Thanks, I will give it a try. I thought maybe there was an adjustment screw somewhere.

[SVTatia]

Originally Posted by sparty

Is there a way to adjust the burners to eliminate yellow flame and soot?

Heads up... This is the first indication that your regulator needs to be replaced.

[SailingHarmonie]

Yellow flames and soot are caused by too much fuel, and too little air in the burning mix. This can have many different causes.

If this stove is "new to you" and has "always been this way" one possible cause it that a previous owner tried to solve some problem by reaming out the orifice inside the burner that regulates the gas flow. If they were ham-handed about it, they end up enlarging the hole, and injecting too much gas, and the result is as you describe. The only solution in this case is new nozzles from Force 10.

Dirty, rusty burners can also affect the mixing of the air and gas. Cleaning them can solve the problem.

If the issue is on ALL burners equally, it might be the pressure regulator is out of whack and the gas pressure in the line is too high, pushing more gas into the burner than they can properly mix with air. The standard line pressure for American stoves is 0.44 psi or 30 mbar. Adjusting this is fussy, should never be done without actually measuring the pressure, and best left to someone who has done it before. The alternative is to just replace the regulator.