How To Light A Wall Heater Pilot Light

If your water heater is old style push down on the regulator valve and then apply your match or lighter to the tip of the pilot s valve.

How to light a wall heater pilot light.

The heater won t operate properly if the pilot flickers is too weak or goes out and the cause could also be blockages in the pilot tube. The water heater pilot light is a small flame that ignites the gas burner on your water heater. In this hvac training video i show up close how the thermocouple pilot light and gas valve work on a water heater furnace fireplace as well as other ap. If this pilot light ever goes out.

Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting. With the gas valve in the pilot position or with you holding the valve in the pilot position use a long stemmed lighter to light the tip of the pilot light s valve. Light the pilot light. When the water heater pilot light goes out first try relighting it following the directions on the water heater label.

Gas heaters whether they warm up air or water in a home rely on a pilot light to trigger the flame of the actual heater. Keep the regulator valve in the pilot position for 1 2 minutes to allow the thermocouple to sense that the pilot light is on and the water heater to restart. Another cause of a weak pilot is a faulty thermocouple. Light a gas wall heater with a long match or lighter the hardest part of this job is finding where you have to apply the flame.

But if you follow the pilot tube from the gas supply you should be able to locate the opening buried inside the heater behind a metal plate. Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do.