How To Light An Old Wall Furnace

If your pilot light goes out all you need to.

How to light an old wall furnace.

Do not attempt to do this at home in northern california pacific gas electric. Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do. Turn off the gas to your wall furnace. Recently i had to re light the pilot light on an older model wall heater and decided to capture it on video.

Turn the valve to off and wait three minutes. In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters. Wall furnaces house a pilot light much like a water heater.

The gas valve is usually painted red with the on off and pilot settings clearly marked. Switch the valve to the pilot setting. Turn off the thermostat remove a few panels to locate the pilot light light it an. Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting.

They do require maintenance as well but are much easier to maintain by homeowners. But if you follow the pilot tube from the gas supply you should be able to locate the opening buried inside the heater behind a metal plate. A number of things can make an old furnace pilot light go out including a strong draft a faulty thermocouple or a loss of gas. An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to.

Since they have a pilot light system wall furnaces also can usually be repaired easily if something goes wrong as there are parts that allow for easy service and repair versus total replacement. Find your pilot light and gas valve. A modern gas furnace usually has an electronic spark generator to ignite the gas when the thermostat calls for heat. Light a gas wall heater with a long match or lighter the hardest part of this job is finding where you have to apply the flame.

Light a match and hold it near the pilot opening while you press the reset button on the pilot control panel. Rotate the valve handle to the off position. Here is how to light the pilot light on a gas heater.