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Would a pilot light on a gas furnace still work with a defective thermocouple?
Pilot light would work but the main burner would not as the thermocouple proves that there is a pilot light to fire. The main gas valve would not open
Would you smell gas if your pilot light on furnace is out?
modern heaters have a thermocouple that would shut off gas supply if the pilot goes out.
Would a dirty filter have anything to do with a pilot light going out on a furnace?
Not usually. Probably a bad or dirty thermocouple.
Would a bad millivolt thermopile keep the pilot light in a floor furnace from staying lit?
No, it will just keep your furnace from turning on. At least that's the problem I'm having right now with the bad thermopile in my floor furnace.
My furnace makes a big boom when the it is coming on. What would cause this to happen?
It's the oxygen & gas mixture combusting later than it should. Have it checked to see if the pilot light is close enough to the input gas. A lot of times this is a problem related to a dirty furnace. Try cleaning the pilot light and igniter but use caution not to damage these parts. If the problem persists it might be time to call out a technician.
Did fridges have a pilot light in the 1960's?
Fridges which would have a pilot light would have been absorption-cycle or ammonia-cycle units, usually made for areas where there was no electricity. It would be likely they would have a pilot light.
Does an oil furnace have a pilot light?
Well, the answer is "yes and no". A True oil FURNACE or BOILER does NOT not normally have a 'pilot light". Instead, they have some type of electrical ignition system. In the past--this was accomplished with an "iron" type of transformer that increased the 120 volt line voltage to 6-10 thousand volts, enough to cause a spark to jump across a pair of electrodes mounted above the "nozzle" where the oil sprays out of.This spark would ignite the oil and a very intense , hot flame would then shoot out into the combustion chamber--producing the heat, which in turn heated air or water to heat the building. This is only active when the furnace is on, and so--no oil is wasted to keep a pilot lit, as in a gas furnace with a pilot. Nowadays--the oil is still lit by a spark across electrodes, BUT the inefficent, heavy, sometimes unreliable 'iron" transformer is being replaced by an "electronic ignitor" which contains a transformer, BUT it is powered by an electronic "switching supply" circuit, resulting in MUCH more voltage-14 to 20K volts, and using a LOT less AC power to do this. So--no most oil burners do NOT have a pilot light, like a gas furnace sometimes does. BUT--I HAVE seen , many years ago, oil fueled "space heaters" which DID use a pilot flame. These do NOT normally have a pump like a normal furnace, ad depend on gravity to feed the oil to the burner. The pilot functioned the same way that a gas furnace pilot does--but probably had a wick-type element to be able to burn-like a kerosene heater does.
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.
To mount two switches and a pilot light in a single gang standard device box you would use?
You would need to purchase a duplex switch. As for the pilot light look for a duplex switch that has a neon pilot light that is incorporated into the handle of the switch. When the switch is turned on the switch's handle will illuminate.
Should the pilot light be on for an empty gas water heater?
Pilot light alone will not produce enough heat to damage the tank, but the main burner will destroy the tank and possibly start a fire. Why would anyone want to leave the pilot light on an empty tank?
Can a cake power a light bulb?
Only by being put in the furnace at a power plant, then it would help to light a whole region.
Do you have to put on the pilot light in the oven when we use the burners only?
Gas stoves require that the pilot light is lit on the oven because otherwise it would just be leaking gas.
