I have a Payne PG8UAA042091 Forced Air Furnace and it is only putting out cold air. According to my landlord, it has done this before and I just need to relight the pilot. So my concerns are: 1. it has been set to "heat" for a month now, but due to temp last night I didn't know it wasn't working until then and my gas bill has increased, so I am worried whole house is filled with gas. and 2. How to light pilot and where?
You would smell the gas, so you're probably ok. Lighting the pilot is not too tough, first you have to get the cover off the furnace. Inside you will see pipes and parts. Hopefully on the cover, inside or out, or somewhere inside the furnace will be instructions.
If not, find a knob that has 'pilot', 'off' and 'run' or something like that. It will probably be in 'run'.
Usually, you have to push the knob down and turn it to get it to the 'pilot' spot. When you do, have something to lite the pilot, which will be inside the furnace more, near the burner. The burner looks like a gas stove or oven burner. The pilot place will be at the end of a small tube.
With the button held down, wave something burning around the burner area. especially at what may be the pilot. The pilot doesn't put out much gas, so don't worry about things blowing up.
Once the pilot has lit, hold the button down for a while, at least a minute. Then you should be able to release the button and the pilot should stay on. If it doesn't, you need a serviceman to come. Let the landlord know the pilot would not stay lit.
If the pilot stays lit, move the knob to 'run' or such, and the furnace should lite, if the thermostat is set higher than room temp. If it has been off, and the room is cool, it should lite.
If the furnace doesn't come on, let the landlord know.
Most landlords have service people for this, it was my job for a long time. Lighting pilots was a common chore for me. If you can, have the landlord send one out to show you how to do it.
As you see, it's not all tough, but it's not all easy, either.
Testimonial: "Thank you for your reply. So I could not find any sort of gas know, but I believe that I found the pilot (small tube near burner with curnt area opposite tube on sheet metal). so there was wiring also connected to this fixture that led to the control board in the lower blower compartment. So I am assuming that this was the type to never manually light (thank you landlord :-/ ) So I did these steps that a coworker gave me (he is an hvac mech but cannot get to me, and I am just a secretary who orders parts, but doesn't know what for): 1. I turned the heat on the thermostat to 45, it is currently 52 in the house 2. Flipped off power to unit 3. Flipped off the switch that has something to do with gas/igniter (like my descriptions? ha!) 4. Waited a few minutes and didn't smell gas 5. Flipped on the gas/igniter switch thingy 6. Flipped on unit power 7. Raised thermostat temp to 65. 8. And waiting.... Now, I cannot reach my coworker any suggestions on how long to wait or what to look for now (besides heat from vents)???"
Burners did not light either, so I now have turned the heat off from the thermostat. Now looking into this problem everywhereI have noticed some things that I wonder if pertinant: 1. the fliter was very dirty (and so I just replaced it). 2. the vented door was covering the blower section (which I have now moved to the top section where burners are. The lower blower section cover is now unvented. So I am think that it's time to call in the big dogs huh?
My buddies at Repairclinic.com have a great site for your help. Lists all the parts, and a guide for troubleshooting. I use them all the time.
I know this is late...but it did have an automatic igniter for the pilot which had to be replaced as it had died. My HVAC friend was finally able to come and with his awesome parts discount and labor put me out of pocket about $30. He said he would have normally charged $120 labor plus full parts cost/possibly travel.
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My Ruud is a different model, so this may not work. Remove the cover to the burners. Look on the left side for a small rubber hose going to a metal cylinder. Remove the hose and blow through it to remove any moisture. Replace the hose and see if the burners start up.
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