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Relight Pilot and Activate Main Burner

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What happens here

With the water heater tank refilled and air bled, it's time to restore gas supply and relight the pilot. First, turn the gas supply valve back on (if it was turned off). On the water heater's gas control unit, turn the knob to the 'Pilot' setting. Press and hold the pilot button down while simultaneously pressing the igniter button (usually a red or black button that clicks). Continue to hold the pilot button down for 30-60 seconds after the pilot flame ignites to allow the thermocouple to heat up. This thermocouple generates a small electrical current that keeps the pilot gas valve open. Once the pilot light stays lit after releasing the button, turn the control knob to the 'On' position. The main burner should then ignite, and you will hear it fire up. Set the temperature dial to your desired hot water temperature.

Goal: Restore gas supply and reignite the water heater's pilot light and main burner for heating.

Tools and materials

  • Water Heater Gas Control Unit — Controlling gas flow and pilot ignition

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more straight. All right, we go. I'm going to slowly open that to fill this up. Just getting all the air out of the line. We got to turn the gas on. Switch this over to pilot. Click that down. Hit the igniter. You want to hold this down until the pilot light stays on. We're able to flip this to on and it fires up. The water heater has shut off. It turns out that it was T&P failed. I'm going to talk with my neighbor. We'll come back over. We'll actually extend the length

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