How do you light a polite on hot water heater?

Answer 1

FIRST; read all, you should read the manual first,if you dont have one,you can find it online,

just Google the MFG of the water tank. If it is a state, just put state water heater in google. Then you can search for your manual, and so on for any MFG.

on the top of the gas valve is a black knob, it should say- off,on,pilot.

the knob could have an arrow or a dot, point the arrow or dot to pilot and press down

on the knob,(you must have a match,long one or grill lighter ready to light pilot when you press down on the knob,as this will release gas for lighting ) hold the knob down for a minute after the pilot is light, this tells the thermocouple that there is flame present and to stay light.

Most times there is a copper line running from the gas valve to the inside of the tank,

at the end of this line is the pilot light,this is what you try to light.

If you release the knob and the light goes out try it again and hold the knob down longer.

After you release the knob and the pilot light stays lite, you now turn the knob to ON.