Top 10 Gas Water Heater Pilot Light Problems! Won't Light, Won't Stay Lit!

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In this HVAC Training Video, I Show How the Thermocouple, Solenoid, and Pilot Flame Work on a Water Heater and 10 Problems That Can Occur When Trying to Light a Water Heater Pilot! I cover Why the Pilot Flame Goes Out or Won't Stay On! Supervision is needed by a licensed HVACR Tech while performing tasks as Experience and Apprenticeship garners Wisdom and Safety.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro on How to Light The Water Heater Pilot
1:20 - How the 30mv Thermocouple and Solenoid Work
2:06 - Proving the Flame by Heating the Thermocouple & Viewing the Solenoid
2:33 - Problem #1 Water Heat Spark Ignitor Not Working
3:38 - Additional Sparker & How to Light the Water Heater Pilot
5:24 - Problem #2 Gas Off or Low Inlet Pressure to Water Heater
6:18 - Problem #3 Pilot Flame Too Small, Low Pilot Pressure
7:27 - Problem #4 Pilot Flame Termination Bent, Not Enveloping the Thermocouple
7:46 - Problem #5 Thermocouple Position is Wrong
8:09 - Problem #6 Water Heater Thermocouple Rod is Dirty, Needs Cleaning
8:24 - Cleaning a 30mv Thermocouple with Steel Wool or Dollar Bill
8:53 - Problem #7 Testing for a Bad Water Heater 30mv Thermocouple
10:22- Measuring Millivolts of Water Heater Thermocouple with Multimeter
10:42 - How to Use a Thermocouple Tester
11:18 - How many Millivolts does a Good Thermocouple Produce
13:04 - Problem #8 Bad Water Heater Thermal Limit and Testing
16:02 - Problem #9 Wind Blowing Pilot Flame Out on Water Heater
16:36 - Problem #10 Bad Water Heater Solenoid and Testing
17:56 - Resources at our Website
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@darondean5639 Жыл бұрын

The idea that a spiderweb was messing up my ignition! That shows practical experience. A very straightforward explanation, and a total lifesaver after our pilot light needed lit. Thanks!

@tfm1449 8 ай бұрын

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@jeanninerock1191 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video and sharing your expertise! I have been struggling for 2 days, since the power return after 5 days without, to get the water heater relit and your explanation helped me to see what I was doing wrong. Here's to a hot shower, FINALLY!

@sanbalestrini 2 жыл бұрын

Cannot thank you enough for putting together this excellent video! Saved me a lot of time, money, and trouble. Thanks to you, after a couple of hours I had the new parts and a working water heater, you sir are an absolute mensch!

@8484rasin 3 жыл бұрын

This video is GREAT. Covered the reasons things don't work, not just how to replace them. Brand new water heater install, Piezo doesn't work, not grounded. Works now. Thank you!!!

@sherylwhisner3208 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I had tried over and over again to light the pilot on my water heater but after watching this video, it took me less that 2 minutes! I was getting ready to call in a professional!! You save me lots of money!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

@Lo314 3 жыл бұрын

Very very very helpful video. After pressing the ignitor I didnt think it was lit until your video showed me it burns very low & clean until depressing the pilot button & turning up the heat. Thanks alot sir, you saved me a serivce call for something super simple. Clicking the thumbs up button in this video

@dwightjtaylor Жыл бұрын

Thorough and to the point with superb video graphic illustrations. No other KZfaq demonstration was better. Thanks for the attention to detail.

@steveking3611 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this tutorial. The demo model you used was quite similar to my water heater setup, so, it gave me the confidence to take out the burner assembly and replace the thermocouple. Problem solved. I now have hot water again, and, it only cost me $13! With much appreciation - Steve

@DIYLifeSkills 2 жыл бұрын

Just under 20 minutes, I learned so much. Simply the best video on the subject! Great job!

@acservicetechchannel 2 жыл бұрын

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@ConcernedCitizen-px7gm 6 ай бұрын

Man, your videos and explanation are unarguably the best out there on the net. Amazing work.

@smash72cutlass30 Жыл бұрын

Perfect video it’s never enough for me just to do a quick fix and on to the next job. It’s real important to understand how everything works and why and why a potential problem exists. This video does it all and I thank you very much. I now understand all the workings and problems that can arise. And most important how to safely repair as needed. Thx again love to learn.

@jayholm9504 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making such an excellent video that explains all of the many possible issues with a water heater pilot light. You should be teaching classes at your local trade school!! Anyway I woke up Sunday morning to no hot water. I tried lighting my pilot several times without success After watching your video I tried the 1st thing - the igniter wasn't grounded. I cleaned out the area and made sure it was touching the gas control box Then I tried it again and SUCCESS!!! Pilot lit!!!! Again thank you for making this video and sharing your vast knowledge with homeowners I greatly appreciate it!!!!

@dibloff Жыл бұрын

Probably the best instructional video out there about gas valves. Thank you!

@iconserafin3421 2 жыл бұрын

Saved me and my lady. Did not have hot water for a couple days, then troubleshooting with your advice I got it going!

@dennisgolden1337 5 ай бұрын

I am a KZfaq go-to for every problem. You are extraordinary - must be a teacher.

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That dust cleaning on the contacts just saved me an expensive call! Thanks for putting together this video

@wayneboyd2011 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for putting this video out here, I was able repair my water heater. It was the thermocouple, saved me lot money was thinking of new water heater. Prices for new ones are outrageous.

@BlackHistoryReview 2 ай бұрын

I've replaced my thermocouple at least a dozen times, but had more messed up this time ... and I learned a TON from this video. Thanks!

@freemagnal5066 Жыл бұрын

You are a bloody legend mate, thanks for your informative and well put together video. I also like that you have taken all the main bits out of a heater to display the workings of a gas HWS.

@waynepowell567 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. The best that I have seen since leaving Sears and So Cal Gas Company training. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Stay safe.

@sunoh100 11 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT explanation of how the water heater works! Thank you!!

@sethcarter8371 Жыл бұрын

My spark wire wasn't grounded right. Two different plumbers talking about, "be a few days." 5 min into the video had my answer and fixed it myself. Appreciate the video man

@randygeiger6112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! You said your name to fast I didn’t catch it but I watched your video went down stairs removed the entire burn assembly cleaned everything the way you described in the addition to all the rust from the tank laying on the burn!! Put everything back together and I had hot later yesterday evening. Pretty much saved my bacon. Checked this afternoon pilot light was still on and I had hoist water. I know eventually I will need to replace but your tips worked beautifully!!!! Thank you so much

@whathappentoofficersamr Жыл бұрын

I wanted to say, This video was very educational and gave me insight on where to start with my water heater. For me, it was the thermocouple that went bad. But before last night, I didnt know a thing about this Trade. Thank you for such an informative video.

@BrianGemberling Жыл бұрын

This is a very comprensive troubleshooting video. Thank you for the time and energy it took to put this together.

@lmay9084 6 ай бұрын

Very impressive ! Thank you

@dustinwebster6349 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you for the detailed info delivered in an understandable and efficient manner.

@roberts1159 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this detailed video. The most comprehensive explanation on KZfaq !

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@LuisCarlos-zr6nj 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, i watched 10 videos before this one, when i get here, i solved the problem, thankyou so much.

@chilzy7863 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰 I haven't had hot water for 2 days and just fixed it watching your video 😊

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

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@InCountry6970 7 күн бұрын

Super explanation and no BS just solid advice. Thanks

@TroyFutureExpat 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, man. This saved me big time. Follow1ed your instructions to light the pilot, and it is working now.

@eternitysbound 2 жыл бұрын

A spider web in the tiny slit beside the igniter button fouled me up! Super easy fix. Thank you! It has been days since I had a warm shower.

@mrpaigehatch Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR IN-DEPTH VIDEO. YOU JUST SAVED ME A LOT!

@robertfindlay2325 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Excellent video with clear explanation. Now I understand why our gas hot water heater may not be igniting; lack of spark or lack of gas to pilot. Simple issues but getting a techie to come out and do the job probably will require that I take out a second mortgage to pay for multiple visits before it gets sorted. And that excludes travelling time and tool time and apprentice 's costs. Buying and fitting new unit is probably less expensive.

@rpan5441 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. You walked us thru the X-ray of hot water tank. Many thanks.

@jasonzakocs938 Жыл бұрын

What a brilliant, useful and efficient video. Thank you so much!

@MariaRivera-xc3hu 2 ай бұрын

I have been looking for some helpful information about how to light up the pilot, and I found yours... and let me tell you, it is the best video with real solutions I have seen. Thank you so much for this complete and professional explanation!!❤❤

@wagnergitirana Жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video lesson on household water heater. By far, the best I’ve ever watched. There’s a lot of science of physics on water heaters and HVAC ( laws of thermodynamics, electricity, even chemistry). Sadly, Americans today take from granted and casual, these appliances that makes our lives much better. I soon will be enrolled in a 3 week, deep hands on HVAC, no fluff program, to become a technician and then later on a certified HVAC man! Thank you very much for this video. I already do water heaters installations for people but never learned these troubleshooting at once like this. Thanks !

@annareuter7639 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Great resource for any homeowner DIYer.

@StacyEdwards-rd3ot 21 күн бұрын

Wow I never really knew how a water tank actually worked, thanks for a concise educational video. I've been an electrician for over 20 years and actually never understood how a solenoid works in a plumbing scenario.... Now I know! Still learning. Thanks

@seemorebutts3428 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this great video. I am a plumber in Hawaii and just sent it to my retired HVAC friend in California because he replaced the thermocouple because pilot wouldn't stay lit and now when the burner comes on it sucks out the pilot. That sounds like a gas pressure problem. So I told him to call the gas company and test with a manometer before he does anything else.

@jayi836 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a very easy to understand description of how things work, just ordered a new Thermopile as the voltage was around 500mv.

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@abarax3000 3 жыл бұрын

At the 2:20 mark you helped me figure out how to get my heater fixed. I just held down the pilot light longer than two minutes to warm up and get that magnet to kick in

@robertlopez8785 2 жыл бұрын

ME too now it is working

@samgillum75 3 жыл бұрын

The best video ever on gas valves!!!!!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Sam!

@isaacsegovia7729 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. This should be the first video to watch when troubleshooting.

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@tedhardulak7698 11 ай бұрын

May the Lord Bless you abundantly for helping others. In 5 Min I had the water on. Thanks a Bunch!!

@ziemec150 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video. After hours of struggling this helped me fix my issues.

@BANOOYEIRANI 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a million. You have covered it well.

@danstarnes2375 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video starring a true technician! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me! Great teaching on this subject!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@leelanath 3 жыл бұрын

And that’s how it feels to learn from a ‘true’ technician! Thank you so much!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@holtrussell 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Craig, excellent overview. Thank you!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ashah298 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Very helpful.

@RR-ff1xi 8 ай бұрын

Great Job! Not many like you. Your not playing games. You Truthful want to help people in detail. Plus leaving all important detail covered. Great job. After tearing the heater apart. I felt like a hero for my family. The next morning the temperature dropped. Yet people need to have at least some common since on understand that this is gas so read very correctly before proceeding. Thank yup

@chazan8 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Could not possibly be more clear, thorough and direct. You should teach a course on troubleshooting-video production!

@JK-vr8ko 3 жыл бұрын

Most thorough vid from a real pro - thanks so much!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@natrone1979 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Very informative and saved me a service call.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@snickerszn8459 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most informative video ever. Thank you for your help

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@joseph-ine452 Ай бұрын

Outstanding. Great video. Thanks

@pascalbruyere7108 Жыл бұрын

Best video I have seen, in terms of explaining how things work. Once you understand how they work, you will do a much better trouble shooting job.

@Rarebreed6 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Sir... much appreciated , your excellent explanation, good day.

@sajidrafique375 2 жыл бұрын

BEST detailed Explanation

@williamhinton5906 Жыл бұрын

Excellent instruction. Well done. Thank you.

@user-ju1zr3jr1m 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, used compressed air around the green starter button and it worked! Avoided a service call charge.

@danmurphy5623 Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent video and I have saved it away for future reference. Very comprehensive. I wish I were home right now.... I'm away right now doing chores for my 96-year-old dad. I got a call from my wife saying there is no h/w. Bummer. After looking at some so-so videos, I found this one and wish I were home to fix it myself. My wife tried lighting the pilot but could not. I still have 4 more days here and she needs h/w, so we'll have to spend a few hundred bucks to have someone else do an easy repair.

@rickdiego5 11 ай бұрын

You are a true professional and an excellent educator. Thanks for the video!

@acservicetechchannel 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ericbrobst8160 3 жыл бұрын

Craig, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Great info. that can always be trusted.

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

@juanpadilla3203 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you 🙏

@DennisPayne-qv3vc Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you thank you! This is such an excellent video. The best I have seen out of all the ones I've been watching on how to troubleshoot my broken pilot light on an old American standard water heater. Really appreciated all of the detail. Lucky for me I do have an ohmmeter, multimeter, etc. don't know if I'll go through all the work to diagnose at part level as will probably just pay the $90 and get a whole new assembly with everything included and pop in and see if that works but thank you again this is an excellent video.

@myztazynizta Жыл бұрын

This is the absolute best video I've ever seen in 7 years of struggling with my pilot light.

@lindasines8416 2 жыл бұрын

Darling husband fixed our water heater after listening to 1:23 of your video. Thank you, thank you!

@realcanadian1151 3 жыл бұрын

G2 service tech here, just wanted to say how great this video was, excellent explanation and service techniques, all the best Subscribed

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@MyBusinessReal 9 ай бұрын

Hands down the best video explained everything awesome job you fix my problem in less than 5 minutes I subscribed😅

@Omegaman3 Жыл бұрын

What an excellent and detailed explanation!

@hkhsm359 3 жыл бұрын

good knowledge, great explanation, simple and easy way to teaching. thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tazman4855 3 жыл бұрын

Thank U very much! 10:22- Measuring Millivolts of Water Heater Thermocouple with Multimeter fixed my problem. Voltage reading went negative!

@acservicetechchannel 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@Agent_TGC Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I cleaned it and got it going again but this is the second times it's happen so I'll be calling the maintenance peeps to come take a look

@jivepatrol6833 2 жыл бұрын

Really great video! Very thorough and clear explanations.... Thank you!

@acservicetechchannel 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@altern8guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, got it working again!

@henrypalma1561 2 жыл бұрын

You saved me a lot of money, thank you very much 🙏

@codingcruxes7432 2 жыл бұрын

Saved me a-lot of trouble thanks! My wires were touching the metal and sparking somewhere else.

@bengauthier9937 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, I'm not surprised it would be good since you the heater easy to see

@HomeImProveMentHow 2 жыл бұрын

This is well explained in a lot of detail thanks for sharing

@rockfangd Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Good for a refresher

@slaw8609 2 жыл бұрын

This told me what I needed to know on a job thanks buddy 👍

@okcowrancher Жыл бұрын

Great video with understandable English and explanations.

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This is really helpful. Thank you for creating this great content!

@VMac-eg7fb 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, thank you, my warranty people have been through 2 controllers, a burner set and are now asking me to pay $270.00 directly to them for a fix due to my warranty parts supply have now ended, I ordered the full burner kit ( from manufacturer) and now will install it myself for only $115.00, if that doesn''t work I will replace the controller also thanks to your video. oh yes I have been without hot water intermitantly for a total of 20 days in a 3 month period, doesn't pay to be senior now days, scams are everywhere, just as a reminder.