Reliance Natural Gas Water Heater Control  "replace valve pilot" Questions

replace outer cover. Done. If heater does not light, replace gas valve or entire unit. Water heaters have a limited life expectancy, and if my recollection is correct your unit is 10yrs past warranty

...replace gas valve get an exact replacment or a "listed" replacement. If you'rd doing this and it's older, replace the temperature/relief vavle also. Water heaters can be very dangeroius if not ...

...If a new thermocouple will not keep the gas valve operating...the coil in the gas valve has gone bad and you will need to replace the gas valve assembly. (most valves do not have replaceable

...pilot flame. It is possiblethat your gas valve is bad but it is also possible that you got a defective thermocouple. I would change the thermocouple again as they are much less expensive then the gas ...

...replace gas valve Pilot burner orifice cloggedClean or replace Pilot tube pinched or cloggedClean, repair or replace Poor thermocouple connectionCheck and tighten Air in gas linePurge air from gas ...

...valve to pilot light and hold down,stick the match in by thermocouple till the pilot lights and hold valve down till pilot stays lit,this may take a minute or more,then release gas valve and see if ...

...valve fails. If that's the problem, replace the thermocouple. Shut off the gas valve on the water heater and the gas valve on the line near the heater. Remove outer and inner doors, and loosen the ...

...the heating process. Replace themo about four years ago. By controler I am guessing you mean gas valve? The next step, and I am not sure the water heater age rates this ,is to replace the gas

...valve. Pilot burning OK I replaced the valve. Pilot burning as it was with the new valve. Boiler won't fire and generate heat. Where do I look next/. Try bleeding the gas line to the valve. They are ...

...replace thermocouple or dirty pilot assembly, not enough heat being genrated to produce the 30 mili volts D.C. current to hold the pilot valve open. Clean pilot orfice. Remove assembly and pilot ...