Relight Pilot Light Wall Heater

How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters.

Relight pilot light wall heater.

For assistance relighting the pilot light consult the water heater or furnace owner s manual or contact southern california gas company socalgas and schedule an appliance appointment. We can also perform an appliance operational check during the visit. Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing. Do not attempt to do this at home in northern california pacific gas electric.

Schedule your pilot relight now beat the winter rush and avoid long wait times by scheduling heater pilot relight today. If your pilot light goes out all you need to. If you have a gas water heater or gas furnace that is not working the pilot light on the heater may have accidentally become extinguished. If your heater s pilot goes out you can relight it yourself.

Sign in to your account or choose one time access as a visitor. If you choose one time access you ll need to provide either your pg e account number or your last name and zip code and the last four digits of your social security number. Locate the gas regulator valve on the water heater. 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.

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. Recently i had to re light the pilot light on an older model wall heater and decided to capture it on video. Continue to apply pressure until you see the pilot light ignite and then for another. It is located on the outside of the water heater where the gas pipe enters the unit.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. If your water heater has an ignitor press down simultaneously on the pilot valve and the red ignitor button.