Pitco Frialator SG14 Deep Fryer - Page 7 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues
Pilot light will not stay lit
You can not check a thermocouple by resistence. You have to check it by millivoltage when it is hot and sensing it should be above 500mv. I would be willing to bet that you have some type of particulate in the gas valve that is causing this problem.
SG-14 backfires when turning on
I seen this problem over and over again, the best and simplest way to fix if to just clean your burners. Removed one by one and get them clean with hot pressure water. Most of the time, this easy and fast job will resolve the problem, and don't forget, get those burners cleaned every 6 mos. It requires a 1/2 in socket.
Pitco gas fryer. wont send
THE PUMP IS BAD OR IT IS CLOGGED AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN APART.I HOPE THIS HELPS .CUS I REALY DONT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ALL THAT WELL,QUESTION NEEDS MORE EXPLANATION.
Long recovery time during busy times
Make sure you have a nice blue flame in burner the more yellow that it is the less heat it put out. To adjust the flame there are air control slides on the burners there the flame comes out. Open or close them to get the proper setting. You will see the flame go yellow and blue, the bluer the better. The gas pressure could be off which you have to check with a manometer 3 lbs per water column on natural gas and 11 lbs. on l.p. gas. Check the gas valve inlet screen for dirt. If the burner system is operating properly then you have a bad or dirty t-stat
Pitco Fryalator
This is caused by a failing pilot safty bypass inside the gas valve itself. You will need to replace the gas valve.
Not turning on
Sounds like you have a bad t-stat. You could take a reading through it when you turn the temp up to see if it is operating.
How to change a thermostat
First off make sure you get the OEM pitco t-stat.
1. Unplug all power sources from the fryer.
2. Remove all oil or shortening from the fry pot.
3.Remove the sensing bulb from the brackets inside the fry pot.
4.There will be a double compression fitting entering the fry pot from inside the control area, remove both of these compression fittings.
5. Slide the sensing bulb and cap tube out of the opening in the fry pot.
6. Remove the mounting hardware holding the old t-stat to the cabinet
7.Disconnect the wires on the backside of the t-stat (Make sure to note the wire locations)
8.Connect the wires to the new t-stat.
9Repeat the order in reverse to reinstall the new t-stat
When you connect the larger compression fitting to the frypot make sure that you get a pipe sealant that is rated to 600 deg. F
any high heat pipe sealant for stainless steel should suffice for this.
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Burner Welds
You have your burners misaligned with the tubes. Re-align the burners and the welds will hold up fine.
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Pilot won't light
you have one of two things going on here either a thermocouple or a pilot safty valve failing. If you hold in the g/v button and the pilot will stay on but then go off when you let the button go you have a bad thermocouple. The 2nd is another option possibly installed on your fryer which is a pilot safty device it will have a large red button usually accessible from the outside or behind the front cover. Also you need to make sure you have gas present to the unit as well.
Deep fryers
Yes you can,you need to change the regulator,gas valve and orfices.
No Pilot Light
This device actually uses a thermopile it is part number P5047541. There are two things to check here ensure that you have had the right part installed be verifying the part number and also check that the sensing end of the thermopile is directly in the path of the flame.
Pitco sg14
On certain models the thermostat at the factory is set at 375 and even though it reads 400 the factory says the unit cannot exceed 400 degrees.If you wanted to go higher you can remove the knob,you will see the stem and inside you will see a little screw.If you hold the stem and turn the screw counterclockwise this will increase the temp.If you turn clockwise it decreases the temp.1/8th turn of the screw equals 30 degrees.If you do this be very careful because if you set it too high the high limit will trip (saftey device) and then youll have a bigger problem.
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