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If a pilot light goes out in a gas water heater does the gas keep running?
No because water heaters have a safety valves and when the pilot light goes out the safety valve shuts off the gas
If the pilot light goes out on your hot water heater is it dangerous or harmful?
No, it is not dangerous. (Unless you are working with a water heater that is 20+ years old.) In any modern hot water heater, if the pilot light goes out a fail-safe will go off - preventing gas from leaking out. Also, there is a sensor so if there is not enough air-flow or oxygen with the water heater, it will shut off the gas.
Does gas leak when the pilot light goes out on a heater?
No it shouldn't, There is a sensor that turns off the gas if the pilot flame goes out, The only way it would leak gas is if it as a faulty sensor, or a peice of depree gets in the gas line
When the pilot light cut off from the water heater for 2 days do you have to run water for it to reheat?
If the pilot light is on, the heater should come on by itself. If the pilot light is off then it has to be lit. If it will not stay on, the thermocouple is bad.
How do you turn off a heater pilot light?
Same as any hot water heater. Turn the gas valve to off.
Does the water heater still fill with water when the pilot light is off?
Yes
Why it goes cold when you turn your heating off?
Because you heater is off.
When the pilot light is off does the water heater still fill up?
The water continues to run into and out of the water heater. There is just no flame to heat it up.
Why is it necessary to have a pilot safety shutoff on a gas furnace?
so when the pilot goes out the gas valve is shut off
Why does your Richmond water heater pilot turn off?
It is most likely the thermocouple that is bad. That is what keeps the pilot light on. The thermocouple is the small tube that sits in the flame of the pilot and runs to the control valve.
Why heat comes out vent when heater is off?
The heat valve is stuck.
Who sings the last song as it goes off to the death sentence?
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