Furnace Pilot Light Replacement

When my pilot light wouldn t stay lit on my furnace i asked a few plumber buddies about the symptoms and they both said it was the thermo couple.

Furnace pilot light replacement.

It is located near the gas burners. This needs to be done so it is not hot and is safe to open. Furnace switches gas furnace ignitors gas valves goodman furnace parts janitrol furnace parts payne furnace parts pilot and hot surface ignition controls rheem furnace parts rollout switchs ruud furnace parts sequencers thermocouples pilot generators flame sensors pilots thermostats transformers general purpose wall thermostats williams. Let your furnace cool down for 30 minutes.

Go to the furnace and find the pilot valve. It will usually have a gas cock or valve knob that reads on pilot and off. Locate this gas cock or knob. The pilot valve body is a box shaped device into which the main gas line will run.

106 products replace gas furnace pilot and ignition components with high quality parts from grainger. If the knob won t go in fiddle with it until it does. First turn off the pilot light on your furnace. It is a safety device that shuts off the gas if the pilot light goes out or the electric igniter fails.

Turn off the gas flowing to the furnace using the shutoff valve. Shop here and find a variety of pilot and thermopile assemblies replacement thermocouples and more. If the pilot light won t stay lit the thermocouple may be faulty and should be adjusted or replaced. Push in the knob and hold it in.

Open the cover that covers the pilot light and visually inspect inside. After waiting for 10 minutes use the following procedure to relight the pilot light. Open the gas valve on the supply line and turn the gas control knob to pilot. The thermocouple is a gas furnace component located near the pilot light burner.