Propex 2000 heater

[Exwindsurfer]

Right guy I have a propex 2000 that won’t fire up it work ok on blowing cold air and the blower ok on the hot air but won’t fire up on the hot air side anybody had the same prob ?.

 

[Trek]

I had one eons ago

Was always troublesome whenever i needed it if failed

Whenever i tested it in the summer it worked

Mine had been installed with a very light weight pair of wires for the 12volt supply

Eventually replaced wires with a much more suitable pair of cables

So put my issue down to voltage drop in original supply cable

 

[The laird]

Sound like an ignition fault jeff ,? Do they have a glow plug? Not familiar just adding two bobs worth
Will try n find out from a guy that does the truck stuff n get back

 

[debs]

I had the same problem on a previous van, it needed bleeding and it was fine after that.

 

[mr brown]

any red lights ? always worth turning on and off fsirly quick a few times

 

[The laird]

Messaged you with info

 

[Exwindsurfer]

Sound like an ignition fault jeff ,? Do they have a glow plug? Not familiar just adding two bobs worth
Will try n find out from a guy that does the truck stuff n get back

Thanks Gordon much appreciated mate.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I had the same problem on a previous van, it needed bleeding and it was fine after that.

Debs it a gas heater don’t think you bleed them .

 

[debs]

I know it's a gas heater, but still needed bleeding to get it to work, I slackened off the union on the back of the propex till the gas came through, and then it worked.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I know it's a gas heater, but still needed bleeding to get it to work, I slackened off the union on the back of the propex till the gas came through, and then it worked.

I’ll give it a try Debs.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

any red lights ? always worth turning on and off fsirly quick a few times

I tried that Nig thanks nowt lolol

 

[Caz]

I had one of these on a previous van and a duff battery caused the same, blower blew cold, not enough 12v to fire it up.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I had one of these on a previous van and a duff battery caused the same, blower blew cold, not enough 12v to fire it up.

My battery’s are at 13.7 Caz so I would think that’s the prob but thanks .

 

[ActiveCampers]

On ours, the air flow sensor (fan) kept getting stuck and giving us a 5-flash error. had to blow hard up the exhaust a few times to clear it. newer models have different air flow sensor (and old ones can be upgraded). Beyond that, fault free 10 year heavy use

 

[Trek]

Did you measure the voltage at the propex as well as at the batteries?

 

[Deleted member 409]

I had one of these on a previous van and a duff battery caused the same, blower blew cold, not enough 12v to fire it up.

On ours, the air flow sensor (fan) kept getting stuck and giving us a 5-flash error. had to blow hard up the exhaust a few times to clear it. newer models have different air flow sensor (and old ones can be upgraded). Beyond that, fault free 10 year heavy use

(and old ones can be upgraded) Had the same issue with my old propex (2nd hand) and got in touch with Propex and the upgrade sorted the problem. Can't fault their customer care Campers!

 

[Exwindsurfer]

(and old ones can be upgraded) Had the same issue with my old propex (2nd hand) and got in touch with Propex and the upgrade sorted the problem. Can't fault their customer care Campers!

Thanks I was going to ring them after the year .

 

[Firefox]

I had same problem when I installed mine and whenever I change gas bottle. Need to bleed air out by turning it on and off a few times. May need as many as ten goes, but it fires eventually. Could be something else, but this is very common problem.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I had same problem when I installed mine and whenever I change gas bottle. Need to bleed air out by turning it on and off a few times. May need as many as ten goes, but it fires eventually. Could be something else, but this is very common problem.

Thanks

 

[LT Man]

Me too had issues with my propex 1600 ( was an old one )
Again sent it to propex and they sorted it and worked for over three years no issues . guess it still does but sold van then

LT Man