Wall Furnace Pilot Light

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Wall furnace pilot light.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. The pilot light in your gas furnace supplies heat to your home. 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. By cecilia harsch when the pilot on your wall furnace does not stay lit your furnace won t heat.

If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the pilot light. Standing pilot lights are common in older furnaces but many newer furnaces have intermittent pilot lights or hot surface igniters. If the pilot light will not stay lit it needs to be fixed asap to supply heat to your home and for safety reasons. Turn the gas control to pilot and hold it in while you light the flame with a match or a lighter.

In these systems the pilot will only light in the case of hot surface igniters the igniter surface heats when the thermostat makes a command for heat. Keep the knob in for 20 seconds and then release it and turn it to the on position. There are numerous things that may make the pilot light on your furnace to not stay lit. Wall furnaces house a pilot light much like a water heater.

A number of reasons can cause the wall furnace to not light including a damaged thermocouple a. The pilot light is a small flame that is either lit manually and remains burning around the clock or is lit electronically via an igniter when the machine kicks on. An operational pilot light in your furnace means safety from the possibility of a gas leak.