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Check that the temperature sensor is properly located (generally right above the pilot flame). If it doesn't stay lit after holding the pilot button down (per the instructions), have a repair person correct the problem.
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How do you know if the thermo coupling on your gas furnace is bad?
The thermocouple tells the gas valve to supply gas to the burners. If the thermocouple is bad then the furnace will not work or the pilot will not stay lit. A properly working one will have a reading of at least 12 milliamps.
What is a crank valve?
Something you shove in the gas tank of a car with a lit match on top
Why is it important to prove the pilot flame is lit on a gas furnace before turning on the main gas burner?
The pilot has a thermocouple that generates an electric current when heated to hold open the control valve. If it is not hot enough there won't be enough current and the control valve won't stay open. Thus, gas will not flow to the burner.
What does a thermocouple on a gas heater operate?
The thermocouple proves to the system that the pilot light is lit and the gas valve can safely open.
How do you repair a gas fireplace?
Replace the thermocouple. The skinny copper line that goes from the gas valve to the pilot and senses when it is lit.
Your hot water heaters pilot light is on but the heater wont come on?
The thermocouple is bad. The thermocouple is the small metal tube that sits in the pilot light flame and runs to the control valve. The thermocouple generates a very small electrical current that keeps the gas valve open. They go bad regularly. **** I would have to say to check to make sure the valve is not in the "Pilot" position. If it is then turn it to the "On' position. If it still isn't working then you may have a bad Gas Control Valve. If the thermocouple was bad the pilot light would not stay lit. If the pilot light stay lit, it is doing what it is supossed to do.
Pilot lite on teledyne laars mini therm 2 wont stay lit?
Replacing the thermocouple that the pilot flame touches when it is lit will fix the problem 90% of the time. A thermocouple costs about ten dollars and allows the gas to the pilot and main tube to flow by generating millivolts from the heat of the pilot flame. The thermocouple is a copper wire attached by a small nut to the main gas valve near the pilot tube coming out of the gas valve.
Pilot light is on but flames wont light when you turn up the thermostat?
This question is not specific enough for a good answer. What is the appliance? A furnace? A cooktop burner? An oven? The first thing to check would be the igniter, which is what typically "lights" the gas coming from the valve. You can check an igniter with a simple continuity test using a test meter. If the pilot is lit, then there is no igniter, or the igniter lites the pilot, so if the pilot is lit how could it be the igniter. Bad thermocouple, this tells the gas valve that the pilot light is lit, if the gas valve does not know the pilot is lit it will not allow gas to come out of the valve, this is a safety feature so your unit does not blow up.
Change the orphus from natural gas to lp gas on model cbt20nt heater?
i have gas lp fryer want stay lit . is it orphus ?
Gas water heater keeps going out stay lit for 1hour then stays lit for 3 hours and goes out?
You need a new thermocouple. If you are not familiar with gas appliances, call a gas technician. It's a one hour (or less ) job.
How does a gas furnace pilot flame stay burning?
with gas? hence gas furnace? theres a gas pipe that puts the gas into 3-4 tube things tht keep lit by the gas bruhhh
Why should you use a lighter and not a match?
matches are unbelievably better than lighters, although lighters do stay lit longer they, they also produce gas , so whenever lit with a cigarrete you inhale the gas first unlike with a match.
