General Maintenance | Main Burner Flame Pattern | |
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Weber Spider Stopper™ Guards | The Weber Gas Barbecue burners have been factory | |
set for the correct air and gas mixture. The correct | ||
Your Weber Gas Barbecue, as well as any outdoor gas | flame pattern is shown. | |
appliance, is a target for spiders and other insects. | 1) | Burner tube |
They can nest in the venturi section (Venturi(1), air | 2) | Tips occasionally flicker yellow |
shutter(2), venturi fin(3) ) of the burner tubes. This | 3) | Light blue |
blocks the normal gas flow, and can cause the gas to | 4) | Dark blue |
flow back out of the air shutter. This could result in a |
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fire in and around the air shutters, under the control |
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panel, causing serious damage to your barbecue. |
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| Main Burner Cleaning Procedure | |||||||
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installed. It fits tightly around the air shutter section of |
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the burner tube and the valve, thereby preventing |
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| Clean the inside of the burners with a wire (a straight- |
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| air shutter opening at the ends of the burners. Check |
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| and clean the valve orifices at the base of the valves. |
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We recommend that you inspect the Weber Spider |
| Use a brass bristle brush to clean outside of burners. |
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| This is to make sure all the burner ports are fully open. | |
Stopper Guards at least once a year. (See Section |
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| CAUTION: Do not enlarge the burner ports when | |
“Annual Maintenance”.) Also inspect and clean the |
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Spider Stopper Guards if any of the following |
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symptoms should ever occur: |
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1)The smell of gas in conjunction with the burner flames appearing yellow and lazy.
2)Barbecue does not reach temperature.
3)Barbecue heats unevenly.
4)One or more of the burners do not ignite.
mDANGER
Failure to correct the above mentioned symptoms may result in a fire, which can cause serious bodily injury or death, and cause damage to property.