Light A Wall Furnace Pilot

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.

Light a wall furnace pilot.

An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to. A number of reasons can cause the wall furnace to not light including a damaged thermocouple a clogged pilot. Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting. The pilot light is a small flame that is either lit manually and remains burning.

When the pilot on your wall furnace does not stay lit your furnace won t heat. 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. 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. Any gas furnace uses a pilot light to trigger the burners to heat your home.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. Here is how to light the pilot light on a gas heater. Furnace pilot light troubleshooting. Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do.

A gas furnace s standing pilot in which the flame is lit at all times is sometimes referred to as a pilot light but no matter what you call it its purpose is to serve as a small ignition flame for the gas burner when the thermostat signals for gas to be delivered from the gas valve to the burner it is the standing pilot that ignites the gas flowing to the burners to heat the air in the. If your pilot light goes out all you need to. Another cause of a weak pilot is a faulty thermocouple.