sorry about the hazy picture I feel my camera is playing me up or rather I cannot operate a simple digital camera!! Hence the incorrect date too!!!
[Edited on 10/11/10 by AndyW]
I need a thermocouple for my space heater. Its a Clarke little devil. I e-mailed clarke and they have them for a massive £3 but want £9 +vat to post
it to me. Any one know where I am likely to get one???? I need to apply some heat to the garage ready for this week end as I have not been out there
for 4 weeks and am desperate to do some work on the car.
sorry about the hazy picture I feel my camera is playing me up or rather I cannot operate a simple digital camera!! Hence the incorrect date too!!!
[Edited on 10/11/10 by AndyW]
most hire shops sell em, i had probs with mine but in the end i grinded the ends in to a point and reset the gap and its been working fine since 
dam
re-set the gap? Mine had always just stuck into the flame.....
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Originally posted by AndyW
re-set the gap? Mine had always just stuck into the flame.....
Thats not a thermocouple thats a spark electrode
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Originally posted by Bigheppy
Thats not a thermocouple thats a spark electrode
Have you tried Machine Mart??
Hold that while you press the clicker just to check it 
Thermocouples are like a copper wire with a point.
the problem is that the heater fires up but when you then release the gas button it immediatley goes out, the thing in the picture Im told gets heated up by the flame and keeps the gas supply open, if it fails it will stop the flow of gas and flame out. So any one have any bright idea's as to what part would be needed then??
The part will look more like the one peteff has posted. the advice you have is probably correct but you have pulled the wrong bit out
The thing in your picture just sparks to ignite the gas, there should be a wire connecting it to the piezo clicker. My picture shows a thermocouple which sounds like what you need. The threaded end with the nipple goes in the gas valve and the pointed end goes in the flame.
linky to manual you need item21 on page 14
thanks mookaloid
item 21 on page 14 and just for my info item 21 says THERMOCOUPLE
yet everyone else says its not a thermocouple
now Im totally confused bl00 dy thing........ just always my luck, minus 3 in garage and no heating.....
i might be wrong here, but b&q sell thermocouples, and i think there sort of a standart part? might be worth a look if your stuck
Thermocouple works by turning heat energy into electrical energy, this electrical current produced by the thermocouple is then used to hold a
"gas valve" open. looking at the manual i see there is a safety cut out switch wired in series with the thermocouple, have you checked the
safety cut out? Its a small device mounted somewhere with two wires connected to it, usually they have a small button on them which can by pressed to
reset them,
photo in our post does look like a spark electrode rather than a thermocouple!
Tony
On industrial heaters you can either have a thermocouple or an ionisation probe.
These look very similar to an ignition electrode.
Take it to your local Plumb / Parts Centre and they may be able to point you in the right direction.
Wear another jumper, and a wooly hat....
My Clarke spares get deliverered to the local shop for free.