How To Light An Old Wall Furnace

Here is how to light the pilot light on a gas heater.

How to light an old wall furnace. Turn the valve to off and wait three minutes. Recently i had to re light the pilot light on an older model wall heater and decided to capture it on video. Find your pilot light and gas valve. But if you follow the pilot tube from the gas supply you should be able to locate the opening buried inside the heater behind a metal plate.

The gas valve is usually painted red with the on off and pilot settings clearly marked. They do require maintenance as well but are much easier to maintain by homeowners. Lighting the pilot light on a gas heater is simple to do. Since they have a pilot light system wall furnaces also can usually be repaired easily if something goes wrong as there are parts that allow for easy service and repair versus total replacement.

Rotate the valve handle to the off position. Turn the thermostat to its lowest setting. Wall furnaces house a pilot light much like a water heater. An older gas furnace has a standing pilot that stays on all the time or at least it s supposed to.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot 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. If your pilot light goes out all you need to. Light a match and hold it near the pilot opening while you press the reset button on the pilot control panel.

Switch the valve to the pilot setting. Turn off the gas to your wall furnace. Do not attempt to do this at home in northern california pacific gas electric. A modern gas furnace usually has an electronic spark generator to ignite the gas when the thermostat calls for heat.

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. How to troubleshoot gas wall heaters. 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.