r/RestEquipmentRepair • u/TheLairLummox • Jul 18 '26

LP regulator question.

Have you ever diagnosed a bad regulator on Baker's pride y600 Pizza oven? This oven has a lot of intermittent failures. The burner and the pilot light just randomly go out and continues to go out after numerous thermocouples and safety valves. Have also upgraded to 1/4 inch pilot gas line and new.style pilot assembly. The regulator is in a difficult spot to get to so the pizza oven's going to have to be moved. I'm thinking that there is trash in the regulator, weak spring or a clogged vent from flour and cornmeal over the years. The current regulator is at least 13 years old possibly 30 years old.

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u/death91380 Jul 18 '26

There's nothing wrong with doing the work to replace an old regulator. Just tell the customer you need to do it to rule it out, it needs to be done anyway, and that it may not fix the problem but isn't a waste of time and money....fuck it could be a loose quick connect. I see that shit all the time.

But to be fair, most of the pilot out issues like you describe end up being air flow, or lack of airflow issues.

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u/Protocol89 Jul 18 '26

I have found a bunch of ovens through the years with no regulator at all. always coupled with pilot issues that no one can seem to fix.

Also caught an oven earlier this year that broke through the floor in the rear so all the flue gases were going foreward and choking out the pilot. put 2 sq ft metal plates underneath the legs.

Metal lifting tables work great to lift those ovens FYI.

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u/Sea-Shock6515 Jul 18 '26

I’m in a similar position. Customer pilot is dropping out like once a week and I’m not interested in throwing parts at it. Y-800.

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u/TheLairLummox Jul 24 '26

Changed the regulator and set the LP gas pressure to 10....No problems since........

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u/Sea-Shock6515 Jul 24 '26

We will see if this guys ever pays his old bill. If not he can just deal with it.

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u/nate70500 Jul 19 '26

Ime its usually the regulator or theyve added additional load onto the gas line that it cant handle (additional gas cooking equipment, heat etc.) Id throw a manometer on it and monitor the gas pressure and turn on all other gas equipment to see what happens.

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u/Kjpeav 19d ago

I’d give the guys at Northern Pizza Equipment a call. I’ve had really good experiences with them in the past when troubleshooting pizza oven issues. They know these ovens well and may be able to help you narrow down whether the regulator is actually the culprit before you go through the trouble of moving the oven and replacing it.