Lopi Travis Industries Radiant Plus Gas Logs no Thermostat Control

[alldodge]

Have an issue for 2 seasons with a propane vented gas log set. Posting this so others might find and help out. Found one thread which had same issue but there was no conclusion as what was the fix.

Issue: The fireplace works fine in manual control, but switch to Auto and flame increases and does not shut off. Indoor temp is 68* and control is set to 50* and flame does not turn off

I have a 6V power supply providing power to control unit (4 each AA Bats not installed)

Contacted Lopi/Travis
Manufacture says it's most likely the remote. Bought new remote 250-03764 and $169.94 later and this changed nothing.

Have now ordered control unit 250-03765 ($183.94) and await for it to arrive

 

[dingbat]

Know more about this subject than I care too. Fireplace was inoperable when we bought the house

Check that the temp control circuit is functional.

The remote is connected to a separate set of contacts on the gas control valve. If you’re getting the signal out to the controller, then the gas valve could is the issue.

 

[alldodge]

It was working fine for 5 to six years, then problem started

 

[dingbat]

It was working fine for 5 to six years, then problem started

Ours was flaky. It would work fine one day then randomly shut off the next.
I thought it as the thermostat, but turns out it only controls the blower on my system.

In the end, it turned out to be the thermocoupler. The primary feedback of flame temp/ status to the control valve.

 

[matt167]

How do gas logs work? My house has a really nice hearth and mantle, last swept in 2022, we haven’t fired it since we have owned it. I’ve thought about a gas insert. We were planning on a wood stove insert but it voids our home insurance. They won’t allow it. We can however burn wood in the fireplace as long as we have it swept. Makes sense right. Gas logs may be an answer for me. House is 1,200 square and heated with a propane boiler with baseboard radiators otherwise

 

[alldodge]

I have the vented type in both fireplaces, so you get more flame and not as efficient as ventless, but don't have to worry about moisture build up. The great room has a higher end one with a thermostat that controls, blower, flame height, lights, and temp.

It has 2 pipes that go up o the chimney cap. One brings air in and the other lets exhaust fumes out

When temps get below 40* I turn the heat pump down and the insert up. Works really well

 

[DeepCMark58A]

How do gas logs work? My house has a really nice hearth and mantle, last swept in 2022, we haven’t fired it since we have owned it. I’ve thought about a gas insert. We were planning on a wood stove insert but it voids our home insurance. They won’t allow it. We can however burn wood in the fireplace as long as we have it swept. Makes sense right. Gas logs may be an answer for me. House is 1,200 square and heated with a propane boiler with baseboard radiators otherwise

I heated my old ranch house with wood for 27 years, cut and split the wood myself. I moved and this old man sure enjoys hitting the remote to start a fire now. We leave the heat set a 68 and run the fireplace when we are home or awake to get it toasty warm.

 

[dingbat]

The great room has a higher end one with a thermostat that controls, blower, flame height, lights, and temp.

Same here. Have a like/hate relationship with it.

We have three fireplaces in the house. One in the Family room, one in the Keeping room and one in the Master bedroom. The In-laws converted the one in the Family room prior to us buying the place.

I like it because of the ease of adding some warmth to the room while watching TV.
I hate the thing because it barely large enough to heat the room (16 x 30). Throws off just enough heat to affect the thermostat in the other room. Run it for an hour or so and the rest of the house is freezing.

For us, it's purely cosmetic

 

[aspeck]

How do gas logs work? My house has a really nice hearth and mantle, last swept in 2022, we haven’t fired it since we have owned it. I’ve thought about a gas insert. We were planning on a wood stove insert but it voids our home insurance. They won’t allow it. We can however burn wood in the fireplace as long as we have it swept. Makes sense right. Gas logs may be an answer for me. House is 1,200 square and heated with a propane boiler with baseboard radiators otherwise

I have 2 vented (out through the wall) fire places upstairs and 2 ventless wall unit heaters in the basement (mancave and garage). Garage is hardly ever on ... only the pilot light which keeps the garage well above freezing. Basement mancave unit is very seldom on. 2 upstairs fireplaces ... dining room is on a wall thermostat and living room is on a remote thermostat. I was a month without my furnace (geothermal and no one could figure out the fix). Just got an air-to-air heat pump good to -22*, but fireplaces are back-up. So glad I have them ... wood burning fireplaces are prettier when lit, but day to day, the thermostat is for the win!

 

[FLATHEAD]

Since we’re talking alternative heat. We have three fireplaces. One in the walk out family room that has an old federal airtight wood stove, one upstairs in the living room with a wood insert, and a fireplace in the bedroom that’s never been used since we lived here over 20 years. The insert in the living room is my main heat for the house. It’s a bit of work but I’ve heated the house for zero dollars with exception of electric baseboard in downstairs bath and laundry room.
Good luck AD getting yours up and running.

 

[alldodge]

Controller arrived and thermostat function works again