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Hi all, first time poster here. Great forum you have here!
I have a problem with a water heater that I can't figure out. The pilot light goes out from time to time. Sometimes once every few days, sometimes not for 6 months. At first, I changed the thermocouple, but that didn't help. Then I figured that maybe some debris could be blocking the little pilot light orifice, so I took that off to tap it on a hard surface and used compressed air to try blowing any debris backwards through the line (though the orifice is so small I don't know if the compressed air got through).
Can anyone shed some light on this?
I have a problem with a water heater that I can't figure out. The pilot light goes out from time to time. Sometimes once every few days, sometimes not for 6 months. At first, I changed the thermocouple, but that didn't help. Then I figured that maybe some debris could be blocking the little pilot light orifice, so I took that off to tap it on a hard surface and used compressed air to try blowing any debris backwards through the line (though the orifice is so small I don't know if the compressed air got through).
Can anyone shed some light on this?