Suburban gas water heater failure to ignite
My water heater doesn't want to light all the time. It will try a few times to ignite and go into lockout. Sometimes it will work fine for a day then fail to ignite again. It's seems like the longe...
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The spark electrode is attempting to light main flame..but only does so intermittently. YOU can light main flame with a BBQ lighter so problem is with spark electrode.
Need to clean spark electrode (emery cloth), set spark gap to 1/8", clean up ground (screw holds bracket provide grd. source), check the ceramic & high tension wire for cracks (also wipe them down with a rag with silicone on it) and then position spark electrode so that it is engulfed by main flame.
Need to clean spark electrode (emery cloth), set spark gap to 1/8", clean up ground (screw holds bracket provide grd. source), check the ceramic & high tension wire for cracks (also wipe them down with a rag with silicone on it) and then position spark electrode so that it is engulfed by main flame.
