Relight Pilot Light Wall Heater

If your heater s pilot goes out you can relight it yourself.

Relight pilot light wall heater.

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. Sign in to your account or choose one time access as a visitor. When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button.

Continue to apply pressure until you see the pilot light ignite and then for another. 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. Unlike older pilot lights which have to be lighted by hand automatic pilot lights now commonly found in most home furnaces are regulated by a thermostat and only ignite when needed. It is located on the outside of the water heater where the gas pipe enters the unit.

While older pilots burned constantly wasting gas automatic pilot lights come on long enough to ignite the gas supply and then shut off. Schedule your pilot relight now beat the winter rush and avoid long wait times by scheduling heater pilot relight today. 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. If your pilot light goes out all you need to.

We can also perform an appliance operational check during the visit. Recently i had to re light the pilot light on an older model wall heater and decided to capture it on video. If your water heater has an ignitor press down simultaneously on the pilot valve and the red ignitor button. How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters.

Locate the gas regulator valve on the water heater. 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.