Method for operating a gas burner appliance (10), the gas burner appliance com-prising: a combustion chamber (11) in which a defined gas/air mixture is combusted after combustion has been started; a mixing device (25) to provide said gas/air mixture by mixing an air flow provided by an air duct (15) with a gas flow provided by a gas duct (16); a fan (14) to provide the air flow or the flow of the gas/air mixture; a gas safety valve unit (19) assigned to the gas duct to open or close the gas duct; a gas flow modulator (18) or a gas flow regulator (28) assigned to the gas duct to keep a mixing ratio of the defined gas/air mixture constant over the modulation range of the gas burner appliance; an absolute pressure sensor (21) positioned between the gas safety valve unit and the mixing device, wherein the gas burner appliance is operated to determine the air flow resistance of the same by executing the following steps before combustion becomes started: Measuring a first absolute pressure by the absolute pressure sensor (21) when the gas safety valve unit (19) is closed and when the fan (14) is stopped. Measuring a second absolute pressure by the absolute pressure sensor (21) when the gas safety valve unit (19) is closed and when the fan (14) is running. Determining a pressure difference between the first absolute pressure and the second absolute pressure. Determining on basis of the pressure difference the air flow resistance of the gas burner appliance.

The efficiency of a solid fuel burning device can be increased and the emissions can be reduced with proper monitoring and guidance. At least one memory and processor can receive information related to operating conditions of a solid fuel burning device from at least one sensor and filter that information and determine a property related to usage of the solid fuel burning device based on fitting the filtered information to a set of reference conditions. The property can be compared to a lookup table comprising triggering events and when the property satisfies one of the triggering events appropriate guidance for operation of the solid fuel burning device can be retrieved and outputted so that alterations can be made to the operating conditions of the solid fuel burning device.

A safety device against gas leaks for an apparatus having at least one gas tap or the like (1) includes control means (11), safety means (22) and detection means (12, 53), for detecting possible presence of gas in a surrounding environment. The detection means (12, 53) are in signal communication with the control means (11), which are configured for controlling the safety means (22) in function of detections earned out by the detection means (12, 53), in order to prevent or interrupt the inflow of combustible gas to a burner. The control means (11) and the safety means (22) belong to a first functional unit (A) of the device (A, B), which is coupled or configured for the coupling with a portion of the body (2) of the tap (1). Preferably the safety means (22) are controllable by the control means (11) for interrupting electric power supply to a solenoid of the tap, following a command signal generated by the detection means (12, 53) and causing as a consequence the passage of the valve in the respective closed condition.

A portable heater provided with one or more pre-start indicator elements. The pre-start indicator element may emit an attention identifier indicative of the imminent start of heat production of the portable heater. The indicator element may be an audible and/or visual indicator element. The pre-start indicator element may alert during one or both of a manual and thermostat operation mode of a portable heater.

Systems and methods for pre-ignition moisture removal in heating appliances are provided. The heating appliance may be configured, prior to initiating a combustion process using a combustion system of the heating appliance, to determine whether a flame sensing unit is producing false positive outputs. In some instances, such false positive outputs may be caused by moisture within the combustion cabinet of the heating appliance. To attempt to eliminate any false positive outputs, the heating appliance may perform ana action to expel the moisture from the combustion cabinet. For example, an inducer may be activated to expel the moisture using airflow. This ensures that the flame sensing unit is producing accurate data before the combustion process is initiated.