Little Buddy Fix!

For years I would just get mad at it and bang it around until it would finally light. Only for it do die if I looked at it wrong….

Last night I found a video on YouTube that shows how to bypass the crappy/unreliable tip-over sensor.

I’m so happy I never just smashed this thing on the ice lol

It works perfectly and the thermocouple still does it’s job if the heater is blown out.

I bypassed the switch and soldered the connection. Went from hating this little heater to absolutely loving it

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B-man your a rebel living on the edge. The heater police will be knocking on your door for sure.

mxskeeter wrote:

B-man your a rebel living on the edge. The heater police will be knocking on your door for sure.

I’m never a big fan of bypassing safety devices, but this thing would not work 99% of the time unless I kicked it, smacked it, or banged it on the ice lol

It is only used on the ice (literally on ice), so I’m not worried about it tipping over (it’s not going to burn anything down).

Oh I hear ya. I’ve had to pound, slam, beat on a thing or two to make them work. Ticks a guy off.
Only thing worse is when you call cs and they never heard of that problem and you know 6 other guys that have the same problem with the item.
Love to tell them sand you know where.

I went through the same with a little buddy heater I had – ended up selling it and getting a sunflower heater cooker https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-F242300-000-15-Cooker/dp/B004W7VJU2

If you can get the little buddy to work reliably it is a great heater for a small shack