Self-cleaning burner system for heaters and burners

A self-cleaning burner system, comprising:

• a plurality of burners with proximal inlet ends and distal outlet ends each closely and similarly aligned with each other;
• a first valve for connection to a source of fuel, and a first tube connected to the first valve and having a plurality of fuel control orifices, each of the plurality of fuel control orifices disposed proximate to the proximal end of one of the plurality of burners;
• a second valve connected in series or parallel to the first valve;
• a runner tube connected to the second valve, the runner tube comprising an elongated end portion aligned to be proximate to and outside of each of the proximal ends of the plurality of burners, the runner tube further comprising a plurality of holes disposed on at least the elongated end portion;
• a first source of ignition disposed proximate the distal ends of the plurality of burners to provide a burner flame extending from the distal end of each of the plurality of burners and a second ignition source disposed proximate a portion of the runner tube with the plurality of holes;
• a controller for controlling an operation of the self-cleaning burner system, wherein the controller is configured to selectively open the first valve and activate the first ignition source, the controller is further configured to selectively open the second valve for a short duration of time to supply fuel to the runner tube and activate the second ignition source to create a flame that travels along the holed portion of the runner tube and admit the flame into the proximal end of the plurality of burners.