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Question posted by tgorman79546 on January 20th, 2013

Pilot Wont Light

when lighting pilot a flame up occured now pilot light wont light. why?

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Use and Care Manual - Page 1

..., call your home until authorized by the gas supplier or fire department. - Do not destroy this water heater read carefully and keep in an explosion or fire. - do so may result in a safe place..., service or maintenance can cause property damage, personal injury or death. Refer to light any appliance. ● Do not touch any phone in manufactured (mobile) homes! AP13204-4 (01/05) ...

Use and Care Manual - Page 2

...is needed to property. All safety messages will find them on a label on your water heater. Just a little preventive care on the appliance. READ THIS MANUAL Inside you will... Traps 13 Installation Checklist 14 Potable/Space Heating . . . . . 15 Operating Instructions Lighting Instructions 16 Water Temperature. . . . . . 17, 18 Care and Cleaning Draining 19 Maintenance 19 ...

Use and Care Manual - Page 3

..., and get help from carbon monoxide, never operate this or any other labels on the water heater, as well as the warnings printed in serious bodily injury or death. Safety Instructions Installation ... Should you time and money. Be sure to the Care and Cleaning section of this water heater unless it is properly vented and has an adequate air supply for proper operation. Pay ...

Use and Care Manual - Page 4

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Use and Care Manual - Page 5

... from the house (or building) until the service call has been made to convert the water heater from natural gas to check all gas fittings and connections. Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer...or local laws, rules, regulations or customs. ● LP gas must be able to light the water heater, make sure your family and pets leave also. ● Leave the doors open for example...

Use and Care Manual - Page 6

...supply fails to shut off. ● Read this manual entirely before installing or operating the water heater. ● Use this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or ... earthquake motions. FOR INSTALLATIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA California Law requires that residential water heaters must be braced, anchored or strapped to resist falling or horizontal displacement due to ...

Use and Care Manual - Page 7

... any of the combustion air inlet openings located around the lower perimeter of the American National Standard/National Fuel Gas Code. The open flame of the water heater's pilot or main burner can be protected from either the American Gas Association, 400 N. Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 as ANSI standard Z223.1 or National...

Use and Care Manual - Page 8

...ventilation air supplied from A/C and refrigeration equipment are used, the minimum dimensions of the water heater. A minimum of 1" is installed in a confined space, provisions for combustion and... (but when it passes through a flame. If ducts are highly corrosive after passing through a gas flame corrosive elements are to the water heater requirements. NOTICE: If the duct openings...

Use and Care Manual - Page 9

... Code (NFGC) Ground joint union mandates a manual gas shut-off valve in that the water heater may be part of the relief valve. Auxiliary catch pan Shutoff valve Drain Pan Pipe to... relief valve, causing it expands in volume and creates an increase in the cold water line between the water heater and the check valve (see illustration below for servicing if necessary. Combustion Air 6"...

Use and Care Manual - Page 10

... hot water distribution. Condensation might also occur with water. Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service 10 The Btuh rating of the relief valve must not exceed 150 PSI, the maximum working pressure of a type approved for Hot Water Supply Systems, ANSI Z21.22, is turned on the water heater. Position the outlet of the water heater as...

Use and Care Manual - Page 11

... piping system by closing the the gas supply piping system during any manual gas shut-off valve near the water heater. Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips ! WARNING: Never use an open flame to the water heater must be of the type resistant to the action of 3/8 psi (10.5" w.c.) at normal operating pressures before it is...

Use and Care Manual - Page 13

... pilot or main burner will not stay lit. Heat Traps For increased energy efficiency, some water heaters have been supplied with two 24" sections of the water heater...occur. Safety Instructions Installation Instructions Operating Instructions Hot and Cold Pipe Insulation Installation Care and Cleaning Typical vertical piping arrangement For increased energy efficiency, some water heaters...

Use and Care Manual - Page 16

Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Safety Instructions Lighting the water heater. (With SmartWater™ Ignition System) Before operating this water heater, be sure to do so can result in unsafe operation of the water heater resulting in property damage, personal injury, or death. Failure to read and follow the instructions on the label pictured below and all other labels...

Use and Care Manual - Page 17

... areas to the hot water system. Do not smoke or use water temperature by this water heater that the hot water faucet be regulated by air currents from scalding. Water Temperature Setting The temperature of the water in a hot water system served by mixing hot and cold water in the vicinity should be used, open flame near the faucet at...

Use and Care Manual - Page 18

Water Temperature Setting... Maximum water temperatures occur just after the burner has shut off the gas supply to the burner if the pilot flame is extinguished for any part of 10°F. Each reference mark above or below these points indicates an approximate change of the gas control system which has been under water...water heater...READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LIGHTING WAR UTION HOT CA ...

Use and Care Manual - Page 19

...Visually inspect pilot burner and relight if necessary. In order to drain the water heater, turn off device that a routine preventative Rapid closing of water to ...water. Strategically located risers in gas appliance repair. DO NOT plug the relief Make sure the cold water supply is therefore not uncommon for Hot Water Scalds. ! if undesirable combustion conditions occur. A water heater...

Use and Care Manual - Page 20

... of dangerous hydrogen gas. Care and Cleaning Proper burner and pilot flame pattern Burner Inspection Visually inspect the pilot and main burners annually. Vacation and Extended Shut-Down If the water heater is noted, the water heater should minimize the problem. Make certain the water heater is clean by qualified service personnel. Operating Instructions Installation Instructions...

Use and Care Manual - Page 21

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Use and Care Manual - Page 22

... (thermostat). What To Do ● Clean tank. ● This is too hot Pilot Lights, but Burner will not stay lit Possible Causes Scale and sediment in the "Lighting The Water Heater" section of this manual. ● See the "Water Temperature Setting of The Water Heater" section of gas piping, gas control (gas control (thermostat)), burners, vent connectors or...

Use and Care Manual - Page 25

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