Pilot Light Heater Attic

If your heat is on but the furnace is only blowing cool air there is a good chance you have a pilot light that is out.

Pilot light heater attic.

When the water heater pilot light goes out first try relighting it following the directions on the water heater label. When your attic gets hot and there is bad or no circulation according to charles law the pressure in your attic increases. So if you have no circulation in a hot attic you can definitely snuff out the pilot flame. If it gets hot enough it can increase high enough that it can suffocate the pilot flame.

The water heater pilot light is a small flame that ignites the gas burner on your water heater. Schedule your pilot relight now beat the winter rush and avoid long wait times by scheduling heater pilot relight today. For assistance relighting the pilot light consult the water heater or furnace owner s manual or contact southern california gas company socalgas and schedule an appliance appointment. You ll get your hot.

First put some weatherstrip on the basement door and maybe a threshold at the bottom. If you have a gas water heater or gas furnace that is not working the pilot light on the heater may have accidentally become extinguished. It is sucking air down from the chimney which runs to the top of your water heater and down to the pilot light. Watch our video on how to get that pil.

If the pilot doesn t relight if it goes out right after lighting or if the pilot light keeps going out by far the most common cause is a bad thermocouple.