John-NY
TVWBB Pro
I always just thought that burner tubes are pieces of steel with holes in them that gas can travel through. But what I am coming across is throwing that whole concept into question. Allow me to explain.
I bought several bundles of the Votenli bars and burners when they were on sale for a Genesis Silver B.
I knew that I had used them before so I wasn’t worried about their performance.
However, I installed a set of them on a grill and noticed two distinct things.
First, the middle burner would not light all the way, or even hardly at all.
Second, the first burner’s flames would start to hover and dance an inch or two above the burner tubes.
I uninstalled them and installed them on a totally separate second Grill, and the behavior was exactly the same.
So then I swapped in the middle burner with an old genuine Weber burner, and it lit up perfectly, although with gigantic yellow flames probably because the inside of the tube was so dirty.
But again, as you could see in the picture below, the first burner stops being lit from the beginning until 3/4 of the way down with the flames hovering above at that point.
So finally, I uninstalled everything and took out a different set of brand new Votenli burner tubes, installed them, and they worked just fine (I hesitate to say perfectly because I don’t think any can replicate brand new Weber tubes).
Has anyone experienced anything like this with brand new tubes and have any kind of actual scientific explanation as to why this would happen with all other variables being equal and the only difference being the literal tubes themselves?
I bought several bundles of the Votenli bars and burners when they were on sale for a Genesis Silver B.
I knew that I had used them before so I wasn’t worried about their performance.
However, I installed a set of them on a grill and noticed two distinct things.
First, the middle burner would not light all the way, or even hardly at all.
Second, the first burner’s flames would start to hover and dance an inch or two above the burner tubes.
I uninstalled them and installed them on a totally separate second Grill, and the behavior was exactly the same.
So then I swapped in the middle burner with an old genuine Weber burner, and it lit up perfectly, although with gigantic yellow flames probably because the inside of the tube was so dirty.
But again, as you could see in the picture below, the first burner stops being lit from the beginning until 3/4 of the way down with the flames hovering above at that point.
So finally, I uninstalled everything and took out a different set of brand new Votenli burner tubes, installed them, and they worked just fine (I hesitate to say perfectly because I don’t think any can replicate brand new Weber tubes).
Has anyone experienced anything like this with brand new tubes and have any kind of actual scientific explanation as to why this would happen with all other variables being equal and the only difference being the literal tubes themselves?
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