Ed-N-Dani
Sep 24, 2016Explorer
Its gonna get cold soon
Ok, I went through the appliances and at first I thought everything was working correctly but with further testing I'm having an issue with the heater.
Here is what is happening.
I turn the therm to ON and put it to 90. The fan starts to run, I turn the gas valve to pilot and light it. Pilot lights(only know this due to small amount of heat from the exhaust, I cant find a sight point anywhere to view the pilot) I turn the valve to on and the burner comes on. Heater produces heat nicely. Now, I turn the therm down, burner shuts off and fan runs until heat exchanger cools down. I let it sit for a few minutes and turn the therm back up to call for heat, the blower fan comes back on but the burner doesn't come back on. I cant see the pilot to inspect it. I end up having to repeat the lighting procedure and then it will work fine until I turn it down and once again I loose the pilot. Now I was thinking the thermocouple but if that was bad I'm thinking I wouldn't be able to get the pilot to stay lit in the first place...correct?
Any ideas here?
Thank you very much
ED
Here is what is happening.
I turn the therm to ON and put it to 90. The fan starts to run, I turn the gas valve to pilot and light it. Pilot lights(only know this due to small amount of heat from the exhaust, I cant find a sight point anywhere to view the pilot) I turn the valve to on and the burner comes on. Heater produces heat nicely. Now, I turn the therm down, burner shuts off and fan runs until heat exchanger cools down. I let it sit for a few minutes and turn the therm back up to call for heat, the blower fan comes back on but the burner doesn't come back on. I cant see the pilot to inspect it. I end up having to repeat the lighting procedure and then it will work fine until I turn it down and once again I loose the pilot. Now I was thinking the thermocouple but if that was bad I'm thinking I wouldn't be able to get the pilot to stay lit in the first place...correct?
Any ideas here?
Thank you very much
ED