[Shop-talk] Reznor 50K ceiling hung natural gas heater probem

[John T. Blair]

At 04:43 PM 10/22/2022, you wrote:

 >Winter's coming...thought I'd light the pilot and be ahead of that 
first cold day...

 >Pressed in the pilot button... propane torch up the hole... after a 
few seconds the
 >pilot lit  Held the button for 30 seconds and let it go...flame goes out
 >
 >lowered the pilot assembly to see what happens ...same drill
 >
 >pilot lights.... then goes out when releasing the pilot 
button...   flame is on the
 >thermocouple

 >what you think >>>  bad thermocouple ???

John,

Could be the thermocouple.  How old is the unit.  I have a set of gas 
logs that has
the same sort of set up.  But when I turn them on for the 1st 
time,  I have to really
heat up the thermocouple with a lighter for quite a while, other wise 
the pilot lite
goes out.  I think it's just that the thermocouple is cold and 
doesn't heat up quickly.
consiquently turning off the pilot light when you release the "start" button.

I'd say try holding the "start" button on for at least a minute or 
try using a lighter
to heat it up for at least a minute or two and see if that works.

John




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