How To Light Old In Wall Furnace

Turn off the gas to your wall furnace.

How to light old in wall furnace.

Light a gas wall heater with a long match or lighter the hardest part of this job is finding where you have to apply the flame. 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. Recently i had to re light the pilot light on an older model wall heater and decided to capture it on video. A modern gas furnace usually has an electronic spark generator to ignite the gas when the thermostat calls for heat.

An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to. Rotate the valve handle to the off position. A number of things can make an old furnace pilot light go out including a strong draft a faulty thermocouple or a loss of gas. If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the.

They do require maintenance as well but are much easier to maintain by homeowners. How to light a gas wall heater step 1. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Locate tube that supplies the pilot light.

Light old wall heater if done properly it is safe and takes around 2 minutes. Do not attempt to do this at home in northern california pacific gas electric. How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters. Wall furnaces house a pilot light much like a water heater.

Lighting a gas wall heater is a short process that may need to be done periodically.