Light A Wall Furnace Pilot

A modern gas furnace usually has an electronic spark generator to ignite the gas when the thermostat calls for heat.

Light a wall furnace pilot. When the pilot on your wall furnace does not stay lit your furnace won t heat. Any gas furnace uses a pilot light to trigger the burners to heat your home. 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. Another cause of a weak pilot is a faulty thermocouple.

Furnace pilot light troubleshooting. 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. Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do. Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting.

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. An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to. Here is how to light the pilot light on a gas heater. If your pilot light goes out all you need to.

A number of things can make an old furnace pilot light go out including a strong draft a faulty thermocouple or a loss of gas. In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. The pilot light is a small flame that is either lit manually and remains burning.