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wall furnace pilot generator

tomie

By tomie
in DIY Appliance Repair Help

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tomie

tomie

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Tried lighting gas furnace 6 times and pilot would not remain lit. Finally held the pilot button on for over 2 minutes and pilot stayed on.  Does pilot generator need to be replaced or is it getting weak?

baba

 

 

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RegUS_PatOff Sensei

RegUS_PatOff

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Is the Pilot Flame a nice blue color ?

Is the Thermocouple in the Pilot Flame "nicely" ?

 

tomie

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Flame is blue and is impinging on 1/4" of the pg.  Furnace is one year old.

baba

ACtechGUY Kohai

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Flame is blue and is impinging on 1/4" of the pg

Not good enough my fuzzy little friend. Thy thermocouple or thy Thermopile (Whatever one you may have) must be in the flame much more than that , I am truly sad to say.

The, "pilot generator" needs alot of flame exposure :sunny: to generate the required power. Check that it maybe has not slipped down a wee bit.

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