Oven issues - pilot won't stay lit
Howdy - I'm having issues getting my oven to light... Sometimes the pilot will light without issue, but other times (most of the time, actually), I can't get it to light. I know that there is ga...
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IF the pilot is only a tiny little blue flame then probably NOT the thermocouple.
Pilot flame has to be big enough to engulf tip of thermocouple to heat it so that oven control knows to allow gas to continue to flow and to allow main gas to flow when called for.
Thermocouple would be suspect IF pilot flame was big enough to reach/heat thermocouple
Low pilot flame is due to either plugged pilot gas line or gas control thermostat (device oven knob is attached to)
I disconnected the pilot gas tube at controller and blew it out with air pressure.....oily gunk (for propane) came out.
Pilot flame then was big enough to reach/heat thermocouple
Pilot flame has to be big enough to engulf tip of thermocouple to heat it so that oven control knows to allow gas to continue to flow and to allow main gas to flow when called for.
Thermocouple would be suspect IF pilot flame was big enough to reach/heat thermocouple
Low pilot flame is due to either plugged pilot gas line or gas control thermostat (device oven knob is attached to)
I disconnected the pilot gas tube at controller and blew it out with air pressure.....oily gunk (for propane) came out.
Pilot flame then was big enough to reach/heat thermocouple
