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If cleaning the thermocouple didn't allow your pilot light to stay lit, or cleaning the thermopile didn't allow the pilot light to generate enough electricity to open your gas valve and ignite the burner, it might be time to replace one of them. ... Gas water heaters generally use the same ones as gas fireplaces
Does your fireplace have a thermostat connected? If so, that may be why the pilot stays on and the burner goes off. Otherwise, it could be a bad thermopile. If that is the case, I recommend you just replace the entire pilot assembly. It is an older model and manuals can be hard ti find. If you still have trouble, I recommend you contact a local certified gas appliance technician.
Thermocouple keeps the pilot lit. Thermopile keeps the burner lit. Please specify what won't stay lit... If it's the burner, you may need to change the thermopile as well. If the pilot still won't stay lit, you will want to make sure that the pilot flame is large enough to completely engulf the thermocouple and keep it hot. If it's too small, you may need to take some compressed air and blow out the pilot hood to remove any blockage.
First clean out pilot light with can of air , or blow down it with a tude. Then brush electrode clean with a clean paint brush ,chech to see if electrode is in the right postion to light the gas not too far away and the spark is strong , Clean thermopile head if fitted, then check thermocuople /thermopile connections are tight . see if this helps .
If the pilots are lit and holding, the problem is not with the thermopiles, Did you turn the gas control knob from the PILOT position to the ON position. If not, that's the problem.Sanding the Thermopiles will serve no purpose, sine the pilots are lit and holding. When a Thermopile fails, it fails without any warning. In this particular case, you may need to recheck the batteries in the handheld remotes and the receiver boxes in the fireplace's control compartment. Make sure they are all the batteries are facing the proper direction and that all are strong. If I recall correctly, there should be 6 batteries total for each remote control. 2-in the handheld and 4-in the receiver box.
If you can continue to have a problem with this, please get back to me and include the Model Number for each fireplace, if they aren't identical.
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A thermcouple is what keeps pilot on, if your unit has both a thermocouple and thermopile then your pilot CAN stay lit and main burner not come on.do not buy a gas vavle untill you check the thermopile voltage!! very costy blunder.this is how you test it..( open circuit test) Disconnect thermopile leads from valve. take a volt meter set it to millivolts- set it to a mv reading above 500 so that you can test it correctly, my meter has 2000 setting and I use that. connect T/P leads to meter leads.. reading should be 500mv. ( closed circuit test) connect leads of meter to terminals that your thermostat or on/off swich are hooked too, usually top and bottom terminals on most gas valves, turn unit on and reading should be 150mv or more... you need try open circuit. I can test your vavle too if you like keep me posted if I helped or not. 15 yrs experience in gas repairs!!
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