Pilot Light Old Wall Heater

If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the pilot light.

Pilot light old wall heater.

Each time the heater works for a week or three. This is probably something really simple but i can t figure it out. For old wall heaters after turning the dial towards pilot hold down on the pilot gas button instead of the ignite button. After about 30 seconds release the button.

Old gas wall heater. All i m trying to do is turn off the pilot light inside our new apartments wall heater. Press inward on the valve. When one isn t working properly the.

The pilot lite is lit. Gas wall heaters whether vented or unvented can supply enough heat to warm a small or medium sized room and they can operate with propane or natural gas. When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button. We have an old coleman gas wall heater that was in our house when we bought it.

Keep the knob in for 20 seconds and then release it and turn it to the on position. I have the thermostat turned all the way down but i still feel heat coming from the heater so i just want to turn it off. The new wall heaters ignite the pilot light with a spark. I have changed the thermastat 3 times.

The reason that i think it is the thermastat is because i take it off and touch the wires together and each time the heater comes on. Turn the gas control to pilot and hold it in while you light the flame with a match or a lighter. You should hear a hissing sound coming from the valve. I changed the thermastat and the heater worked for a week or two.

That same day when we tried to turn the heat back up. Have a match or long lighter available to light the pilot. Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing. February 2018 in the main wall.

Find the valve located in the heater and turn it to pilot. The gas wall heater will not turn on.