The pilot light in your hot water heater does more than simply ignite the gas.
Whirlpool gas hot water heater will not stay lit.
Without it the water heater won t be able to maintain internal temperatures allowing the water to cool off.
I am not a professional just documenting how i repaired the hot water heater s pilot light to stay on.
Turn on your hot water tap and wait for about 4 5 minutes for the burner to ignite.
I replaced the thermocouple because the original problem was that the pilot would not stay lit.
The pilot works great now and stays lit but when i set the gas va read more.
The gas supply to the pilot assembly is controlled by this valve.
Replaced the thermocouple and it worked for a couple months and then started.
Once there is a need for heating or call from a thermostat a gas control valve releases the gas into the main burner and the pilot light ignites the gas.
A pilot light is always burning while using a small amount of gas either a water heater is running or not.
So i had a hot water tank that would not stay lit for more than a month.
Unfortunately there are a variety of reasons why pilot lights go out all of which are dependent on a number of factors.
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If your gas water heater doesn t stay lit you may have a defective control thermostat.
If your water heater s burner is defective then this is likely to affect ignition which may cause the pilot s light to go off.
A pilot light that won t stay lit is more than frustrating.
The solution was adjusting the thermocouple.
Not only does it prevent a furnace from operating properly but an unlit pilot can also steal away the comforts of a hot morning shower.