Water Heater pilot light will not stay lit?
I have a 92 Layton 5th wheel and the pilot light on the water heater will not stay lit. I changed the thermo couple, but the only one that I could find had a 18 inch wire on it. The original one had ...
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That pilot orifice is an aluminum hood type- stamped, and with a very, very small hole- like .01". I've seen several water heater gas valves ruined by "cleaning" the pilot orifice with a drill or wire.
Used to be you could buy the orifice replacement (though used to be the whole burner with pilot assembly was under $20)- now I'm not sure. It looks like this one
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though I am not at all sure about it, and would not recommend it.
Used to be you could buy the orifice replacement (though used to be the whole burner with pilot assembly was under $20)- now I'm not sure. It looks like this one
,though I am not at all sure about it, and would not recommend it.
