How To Light In Wall Furnace

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How to light in wall furnace.

How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters. A modern gas furnace usually has an electronic spark generator to ignite the gas when the thermostat calls for heat. If your pilot light goes out all you need to. When the pilot on your wall furnace does not stay lit your furnace won t heat.

A number of things can make an old furnace pilot light go out including a strong draft a faulty thermocouple or a loss of gas. How to light williams wall furnace heater pilot light without calling gas company duration. A wall furnace is usually used in smaller homes or in house additions. A pilot light going out can be inconvenient because it will completely cripple your furnace.

Gas wall heaters whether vented or unvented can supply enough heat to warm a small or medium sized room and they can operate with propane or natural gas. For better or worse a pilot light extinguishing isn t all that uncommon as even a light breeze or draft of air is enough to kill the tiny flame. An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to. 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 when the thermostat signals for gas to be delivered from the gas valve to the burner it is the standing pilot that ignites the gas flowing to the burners to heat the air in the.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. The gas may be the fuel but the pilot flame is the ignition and one that won t re light on its own.