Gas Water Heater Burner Stays On

If the problem is with the cold or excess draft find the cause and fix the problem.

Gas water heater burner stays on. If this fails try switching to a lower temperature and then back to see if the burner ignites. Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work. Your water heater burner goes out here s one reason friend calls me his water heater burner goes out every time it tries to heat the water in the tank. Although natural gas along with other fossil fuels has become a very precious commodity the relatively infrequent and low usage of gas in water heaters means they score above their electric rivals.

Turn on your hot water tap and wait for about 4 5 minutes for the burner to ignite. Gas water heaters are a better option than electric water heaters primarily because of their reduced usage cost. Course when the water is back up to the set temp then the burner should shut down as it normally does leaving the pilot burning. If your gas water heater keeps shutting off the thermocouple could be dirty bent or damaged.

Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work. Answered 3 years ago by lcd. We re light the pilot light and the burner the big ring of fire that looks like gas kitchen range burner keeps going out or wont light at all. Pilot light stays lit on my gas water heater but burner doesn t work.

Check out if the flue vent is correctly connected to the water heater. Tankless water heaters can be powered by gas or electricity but even gas powered tankless water heaters rely on an electric control panel to operate the system. How to re ignite the pilot light. After about 30 seconds heat from the ignited pilot light flame activates a simple electrical switch called a thermocouple which ensures that the gas supply to the pilot stays open and your water heater keeps functioning.

One possibility is water in the gas line due to pipe corrosion. The thermocouple is usually easily visible next to the pilot light. If the water heater is getting too much air this requires proper adjustment on the air shutter to reduce the air supply. So yes the burner would normally kick on as soon as you raised the temperature back up from low or vacation or whatever you had it set down to.