baso pilot safety valve factory

2023-05-21 21:22:12

Gas Safety ValvesThese valves automatically control main gas flow. Our automatic pilot valves shut off both the main and pilot gases. Pilot gas is tapped from the main line within the control. Gas will flow only to the pilot burner when the reset button is depressed. The manual pilot valve stop can be adjusted for maximum pilot flow.

Pilot BurnersThese “J Series” combination pilot burners are universal replacement pilot burners and are supplied in three models. Mounting brackets on all four sides of each burner permit adaptation to almost any application. We also offer pilot burner fittings (R Series) and replacement flame sensors and inlet fittings (Y Series).

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Since its inception in 1914, BASO has been recognized as an innovative leader in developing and manufacturing a wide range of quality gas control products and accessories. Originally called Milwaukee Gas Specialty Company, the facility produced gas range accessories and later added products for water heaters and furnaces.

When the company was granted an exclusive license to manufacture and market the Baltimore-Automatic Shut-Off (BASO) switch in 1934, Milwaukee Gas Specialty Company and BASO quickly became synonymous. The company’s name was officially changed to BASO, Inc. in 1957.

BASO Gas Products LLC, was formed on August 30, 2004, when Johnson Controls sold its BASO gas valve and pilot burner business in Watertown, Wisconsin, to George Sopko. For the previous 12 years, George had been the Johnson Controls Watertown Plant Manager. The vision to “go it alone” and purchase this business arose from the strong belief that success lies with a dedicated team of people focused on the customer and product quality, while operating in an environment using world class manufacturing methods and practices.

Today, locally owned BASO continues with the same employees, which means customers can continue to obtain the same BASO products, manufactured and supported by the same people, with the same dedication to quality.

baso pilot safety valve factory

Flame safety is a critical aspect of any gas-fired system, but it can present puzzling choices. What equipment do you need? Which parts can be substituted? At Charles A. Hones, Inc. we use Johnson Control’ line of Baso™ safety valves and other components to tailor flame safety on Buzzer gas burners and furnaces to the user’s needs. This brief guide can help you select the right equipment for your job.

The H15 series Baso valve will provide 100% shut down of gas flow in the event of pilot failure. The H15 series valve is recommended for low pressure gas only (1/2 PSI or 14”w/c). We supply this valve in four types of sets, as follows.

This set can be used on larger pipe burners and burners such as FR-14 and multiple pipe burners that include cross flame pilots. 1” Baso set can be used on larger ring burner and discport burners (606, 606A, 312 and 313), larger 2020 Fire-Box oven furnaces and larger melters (#2700, 171A and 172). List $250.

This set is used on applications which require a stronger, more reliable pilot. This set is used on V11, V12 burners, larger pipe burners, nozzle burners, immersion burners, and application in which the pilot is subjected to reflective and/or radiant heat. This pilot set is often used when the pilot is located several inches from the main burner, such as on the outside wall of a boiler or oven. In such applications, the pilot is positioned to fire through a “pilot port” to ignite the main burner. List $361.

This set is the big brother of the set above. It is used in all of the same applications in which a rugged cast iron pilot is required. We recommend this set on the largest ring burners (V13, V14, V116A-113A), the largest discport burners (607A, 608A), and all the larger nozzle and immersion burners (VNB 250, 300, and IH 250, 300). List $431.

Note: Many Buzzer furnaces already include a #50 cast iron pilot (including the 171A, #250, #2700, ACR 60, and 185 salt bath furnace). Many Buzzer furnaces also come equipped with a redundant pilot system in which the smaller J99 style pilot ignites off the larger #50 cast iron pilot. Please call the factory if you have any questions. Additionally, parts can be substituted. For example, for an IH300 straight style complete with solenoid valves, gas cocks, and pressure gauges, you will need to replace the 60” thermocouple with a 72” thermocouple. This would add $16.00 to the cost. Please refer to the parts price list or call the Hones factory to assist in such modifications.

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The H15 Series pilot valves provide safe lighting and complete shutoff of pilot and main burner gas in the event that the flame heating the thermocouple is extinguished. They are designed for standing pilot applications and can be used with natural gas and Liquefied Petroleum (LP) gas, at pressures up to 0.5 psi. Typical applications include commercial cooking equipment, heaters, kilns, dishwashing equipment, industrial ovens, and similar applications.

baso pilot safety valve factory

Every once in awhile I get someone who calls up and says; “Hey, that BASO Safety Valve you sent me is no good. I hooked it up and it doesn’t work.” This past week, I had one of those calls…

It started as usual with someone describing how they had the new safety valve installed on the line, hooked up a new thermocouple, pushed the button down, lit the pilot, and got nothing happening, nadda, no gas going to the main burner,….nothing. In this particular incidence, they had folks from the local heating and air company doing the installation. They couldn’t get it to work, so they insisted on putting another valve on the gas line and telling our frantic, “I’ve gotta’ fire my kiln cause I have a show coming up”, potter to send the valve back. So, send it back they did and asked that I take a look at the “defective” valve. I promised I would look at it and perform a bench test. Soon it was on its merry way inside a big brown truck driven by an equally merry member of the Teamsters Union. Shortly, my always faithful, UPS worker-bee delivers the offending valve and I proceed to test it.

As with many things in our “fixitnow” technological society, symptoms are often mistaken for the actual problems. When a low gas pressure BASO valve doesn’t work, it better to start off looking at the actual problem that to pay for a new valve (treating the symptom).

A BASO safety valve receives a small millivolt signal produced by the flame on the thermocouple. This signal provides enough electrical current to cause a small magnet to pull a lever over that keeps the plunger in the valve from closing off. Not enough signal, and you can’t get the valve to stay open…. Lose some signal while the burner is on and the plunger drops down and shuts the burner off. The problem is usually the signal, not the valve.

A thermocouple needs to be in blue flame continuously. Not a sort of blue with some yellow. And, not for 9 seconds out of 10. A blue flame continuously. So, you look at your pilot flame and these conditions exist. There are a few other things to try. The first thing to do is to replace the thermocouple with one you know works. If this doesn’t do the trick, you need to give it a good poke. I’m not talking about using a sharp stick… you need to give the voltage a good poke. You can do this by taking a hand-held propane torch and heating up the tip of the thermocouple until it is glowing hot. Many times, this sorta’ jolts the little electromagnet in the BASO and “wakes” it up from its slumber. If this doesn’t do it, you might try cleaning the contact inside the BASO where the thermocouple goes in. Use a little alcohol on a Q-tip. Oxidation may have built up on this connection and prevents our small electric current from getting through. This can be especially true as with our frantic potter. They lived on the coast with plenty of salt spray in the air. Small electrical currents in the presence of salt can really build up a corrosive film.

Before you tear your system apart to replace the valve, try these tricks to make sure you know where the problem is. Remember, as with a bunch of stuff in life, the “identified” problem is, many times, just the symptom.

baso pilot safety valve factory

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