Pilot Light Old Wall Heater

Keep the knob in for 20 seconds and then release it and turn it to the on position.

Pilot light old wall heater.

When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button. The gas wall heater will not turn on. Press inward on the valve. 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.

February 2018 in the main wall. 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. We have never had any trouble with it until one day we turned the heat on the thermostat all the way down. Step 4 press down the red button next to the control valve and keep pressing while you hold a lighted match or lighter next to the pilot orifice.

The new wall heaters ignite the pilot light with a spark. Turn the gas control to pilot and hold it in while you light the flame with a match or a lighter. This is probably something really simple but i can t figure it out. Have a match or long lighter available to light the pilot.

For old wall heaters after turning the dial towards pilot hold down on the pilot gas button instead of the ignite button. I changed the thermastat and the heater worked for a week or two. I have changed the thermastat 3 times. After about 30 seconds release the button.

Each time the heater works for a week or three. You should hear a hissing sound coming from the valve. Old gas wall heater. 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.

Find the valve located in the heater and turn it to pilot. The pilot lite is lit. If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the pilot light. That same day when we tried to turn the heat back up.

When one isn t working properly the. Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing.