I have a Sears water heater with a manufacturing date of 1998. Over the past year, we have been having problem with the pilot light going out. What I then noticed is that after relighting the pilot light, the burner flame first comes on nicely, but then after a few minutes, the flame starts to fluctuate continuously as if it ready to go out. The unstable flame makes a very scary sound like "whomf ... whomf ... whomf ..." once per second. I am deathly afraid that the flame may cause an explosion. When the flame does go out, it sometimes "knocks out" the pilot light.
Someone else posted a similar problem in which they describe that "for no apparent reason the flame will dim, then come back on again, then a few seconds later it dims again. This will continue until I turn it off. Sometimes when it comes back it comes back with a flash. Does this seem like a problem with the gas valve, or the thermocouple, or what? Can someone give me some guidance with this so I can troubleshoot it." LINK
http://www.************.com/forum/w...s-back-dims-comes-back-etc.html#ixzz2mICfb5vc
Is this a gas pressure problem or something else?
Would replacing the water heater solve the problem?
We did remodel the house 4 years ago in which we added two gas fire places and another water heater. But the flame problem appears to be present even when those appliances are not on.
Someone else posted a similar problem in which they describe that "for no apparent reason the flame will dim, then come back on again, then a few seconds later it dims again. This will continue until I turn it off. Sometimes when it comes back it comes back with a flash. Does this seem like a problem with the gas valve, or the thermocouple, or what? Can someone give me some guidance with this so I can troubleshoot it." LINK
http://www.************.com/forum/w...s-back-dims-comes-back-etc.html#ixzz2mICfb5vc
Is this a gas pressure problem or something else?
Would replacing the water heater solve the problem?
We did remodel the house 4 years ago in which we added two gas fire places and another water heater. But the flame problem appears to be present even when those appliances are not on.