My patio heater works like a champ when it's lit but lighting is another story.

I depress the valve,depress the ignitor button and all works well. The pilot lights. BUT,I have to keep depressing the valve for over ten min before the pilot will remain lit.

I thought this was maybe a thermo coupler problem(I'm not really sure if my heater has one or a piazo)and that it wasn't heating up fast enough on first lighting. BUT...

My bottle ran out and I immediatly changed to a full one while everything was still hot and STILL had to re-light the pilot by holding ten min.

I've checked the pilot gas tube for any webs,blockage,etc and double checked that all couplers are secure with no leakage.

HELP?

Wade, December 2009

One of the first things to go on a patio heater is the thermocouple, these can last from 1 year up to 5 years. To replace go to patioheaters4u.com they have loads of help pages and stock patio heater spare parts.

Harry, February 2010

The first thing to fail on gas patio heaters is a thermocouple, very easy and cheap to fix. Go to http://www.patioheaters4u.com/patio-heaters-thermocouples.htm they have help pages and information on patio heaters.

Harry, January 2010