Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work.
Gas water heater burner stays on.
If the problem is with the cold or excess draft find the cause and fix the problem.
We re light the pilot light and the burner the big ring of fire that looks like gas kitchen range burner keeps going out or wont light at all.
Pilot lit on gas furnace but the burners won t light.
Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work.
How to re ignite the pilot light.
Tankless water heaters can be powered by gas or electricity but even gas powered tankless water heaters rely on an electric control panel to operate the system.
The thermocouple is usually easily visible next to the pilot light.
Although natural gas along with other fossil fuels has become a very precious commodity the relatively infrequent and low usage of gas in water heaters means they score above their electric rivals.
Gas water heaters are a better option than electric water heaters primarily because of their reduced usage cost.
Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work.
One possibility is water in the gas line due to pipe corrosion.
If your gas water heater keeps shutting off the thermocouple could be dirty bent or damaged.
Turn on your hot water tap and wait for about 4 5 minutes for the burner to ignite.
So yes the burner would normally kick on as soon as you raised the temperature back up from low or vacation or whatever you had it set down to.
Answered 3 years ago by lcd.
If the water heater is getting too much air this requires proper adjustment on the air shutter to reduce the air supply.
Your water heater burner goes out here s one reason friend calls me his water heater burner goes out every time it tries to heat the water in the tank.
So regardless of the type of tankless water heater you have you ll be out of hot water in the event of a power outage.
Check out if the flue vent is correctly connected to the water heater.
If this fails try switching to a lower temperature and then back to see if the burner ignites.