Instant geyser flames out when wind is blowing. fix?

[mrdeejay]

The instant gas geyser for my bathroom keeps flaming out when even slight wind is blowing, and I have to shut-off shower and open it again for the geyser to restart. Anyone else experiencing this issue? any hack to resolve this issue?

I tried putting aluminium foil on side vents but that didn't help at all

[horticulturalist]

Its not due to wind, might be some other issue... When did you service it last time? Calcarious pipes are most common in instant geysers

[def3nder]

You need to open hot water pipe attached with the instant. Before that you need to shut cold water inflow in the instant. Then open the cold water valve n see the hot water is running fine from the instant or not. If it keeps running fine without shuting it down. Then you need to clean pipe. And if its shuting down. Then yiu need to clean your instant.

[mrdeejay]

Flushed it last week.

Its related to wind because ive confirmed it on multiple occasions, before and after flushing. Its been happening ever sine it was installed. The day there is no wind, geyser works non-stop. On a windy day, as soon as there is a wind gust, it flames-out, tries again and so on.

[sardarg]

adjust the pilot lamp (flame) gas through the miniature screw like jet of motorbike carburetor. Increase the gas feed so it will not blow out under heavy winds.

[mrdeejay]

The issue isn't pilot lamp either. For example its windy in Lahore today and the instant geyser keeps flaming out. It retries a few times and then just stops (I guess for safety reasons), afterwards we have to turn off the tap/shower and re-open it again, but because its windy same thing happens.

Seems like the only solution is to build a weather box for the geyser e.g.

[sardarg]

if you have used sheet metal as such this box your gas consumption will increase. It will absorb the heat faster then the radiator tubes circulating water.

to insulate geysers, house heating radiators with boilers usually glass wool or thermo core sheets and wooden box is used. for breather / exhaust a U bent is added over the TOP & BOTTOM to neutralize the wind conditions (windy or chilly) .

This box as in picture will act like an conductive oven.

[mrdeejay]

I'm not sure about your theory. Instant geyser has a heat exchanger and copper pipes wrapped around it, so virtually all of the heat is absorbed by the water in copper pipes. That's why these are considered efficient heaters and also why after its been running for a while, you can easily touch the body of geyser - at least I can on mine.

Secondly, the weather box is open from the bottom to let fresh air in, and the flue/cowl/cap on top is designed to prevent wind blowing into the geyser and blowing out the flame. Apparently, these are quite common in South Africa - as that's the only country where I see people selling these weather boxes.

As an experiment, I will get one made and report back the result as next few months will be windy in Lahore.