When my pilot light wouldn t stay lit on my furnace i asked a few plumber buddies about the symptoms and they both said it was the thermo couple.
Furnace pilot light replacement.
Let your furnace cool down for 30 minutes.
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It is a safety device that shuts off the gas if the pilot light goes out or the electric igniter fails.
First turn off the pilot light on your furnace.
If the knob won t go in fiddle with it until it does.
Purchasing a replacement thermocouple or flame sensor purchase a replacement thermocouple or flame sensor that is compatible with your particular furnace model.
It is located near the gas burners.
The thermocouple is a gas furnace component located near the pilot light burner.
It will usually have a gas cock or valve knob that reads on pilot and off.
Honeywell white rodgers and other manufacturers make universal replacement thermocouples usually with 30 millivolt mv ratings for standing pilot furnaces.
Push in the knob and hold it in.
After waiting for 10 minutes use the following procedure to relight the pilot light.
Go to the furnace and find the pilot valve.
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Turn off the gas flowing to the furnace using the shutoff valve.
Choose from silicon carbide and silicon nitride hot surface igniters with flat round and spiral tips.
Open the cover that covers the pilot light and visually inspect inside.
If the pilot light won t stay lit the thermocouple may be faulty and should be adjusted or replaced.
Open the gas valve on the supply line and turn the gas control knob to pilot.