How To Light Old Wall Heater Pilot

How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters.

How to light old wall heater pilot.

If the knob won t go in fiddle with it until it does. After waiting for 10 minutes use the following procedure to relight the pilot light. The tiny tube is usually silver so it s hard to miss. Press inward on the valve.

Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do. When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button. Push in the knob and hold it in. Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting.

Here is how to light the pilot light on a gas heater. First turn your thermostat all the way down so only the gas pilot light is burning. Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing. You ll be able to find the pilot at the end of the tiny tube that s sticking out.

Find the valve located in the heater and turn it to pilot. If this pilot light ever goes out. 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. The only thing is that the old water heaters don t come with a pilot light igniter on their own.

Gas heaters whether they warm up air or water in a home rely on a pilot light to trigger the flame of the actual heater. Here is how to turn off the pilot light on a gas heater. Open the gas valve on the supply line and turn the gas control knob to pilot. Have a match or long lighter available to light the pilot.

Step 4 press down the red button next to the control valve and keep pressing while you hold a lighted match or lighter next to the pilot orifice.