Gas Wall Heater Pilot Light On But No Heat

If i turn the unit on the burner will light and fully heat the water tank.

Gas wall heater pilot light on but no heat. The pilot won t stay lit. The pilot lite is lit. If the pilot doesn t light on the first attempt wait a few minutes and repeat the procedure this time depressing the reset button for 45 to 60 seconds. I changed the thermastat and the heater worked for a week or two.

Reach into the combustion chamber and clear the tube with some compressed air. The commonest cause for this is a faulty thermocouple. If there is a reset button on your furnace turn the valve to the pilot position and hold a flame to the dedicated pilot gas tube while pushing the button for about 30 seconds. If there is or.

If this pilot light ever goes out the heater has no way of actually. However all subsequent ignition attempts fail. When you follow the proper procedure for lighting the pilot but it won t light the first thing to check is the gas supply. The reason that i think it is the thermastat is because i take it off and touch the wires together and each time the heater comes on.

Turn off the gas and wait 10 minutes for any gas in the combustion chamber to dissipate before attempting to relight the pilot. I have changed the thermastat 3 times. If you have a propane tank make sure there s gas in it. 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.

The pilot light or ignition sensor is usually the most common issue when your furnace will not ignite. By far the most likely cause if you have a standing pilot pilot on all the time is the thermocouple has died. Later in the day when the thermostat kicks in it doesn t work. If the gas is flowing but the pilot still won t light the pilot tube might be blocked.

It is a little probe that sticks into the pilot flame and has a copper tube or sometimes wire back to the gas controller if the thermocouple does not sense the heat of the pilot it prevents the gas controller from turning on the burners. A faulty or dirty ignition or sensor is a relatively easy fix so follow these steps and you may be able to solve the problem yourself. 3 press hold red reset button upper top left side of heater assembly. Two wires were connected to it for about 2 seconds.

If the pilot light is on and no hot water then the regulator is not turning the gas flow on. It has a hot surface ignitor rather than a pilot light. 2 turn on thermostat. Each time the heater works for a week or three.

1 unscrew 3 mounting screws 1 on top and 2 on inside bottom by gas valve assemply and pull cover housing back. This is typically the problem if you can hear your furnace click on but it does not fire up. It immediately fired up. This is a thin copper tube that s heated by the.