Questions & Answers for: burner half on Water Heaters

...half old and I've had the pilot light attempt to light the burners but it wouldn't, so I cleaned the sensor with a pencil eraser. That worked for a couple days and now the pilot light won't even come ...

...half of the call for the hot water in the shower. Now, when this happens, there is a bunch of knocking and banging in the pipes(forgot the term). So, I would go turn on the cold water first, then the ...

...burner .,. there is a knob you can turn. It has markings for pilot and run, or something like that. turn the knob to pilot and push and hold it in. Light the pilot wit a long fireplace match. After ...

...half way point and the flame all the way to low. Run the hot water tap and slowly turn the flame dial until you hear the unit try to light. Every house is different regarding the restrictions in the ...

...half a day. You can clean the burner with wire brush and shop vac. Remove chemicals from same room as water heater. If the water heater has sediment build-up, then a new water heater is probably best ...

...burner is working,if its coming on then your gas valve/thermostat on front is not working properly.Can be changed,but I would turn up temp. red dial see if she fires and watch to see if she stays ...

...which is that after the hot water is used then turned off the I hear clicking but no spark and the burners dont light. What I have noticed is that after all of the hot water is gone out of the lines ...

...burner assembly and replace gas valve thermostat to see if functionality returns. Expense of replacing parts is about half the cost of new gas water heater from box store, and still no guarantee that ...

...the pilot but the burner is only half lit, the pilot is always lit , but it cools down real fast. Sounds to me like the gas orifice is partially plugged. Or your burner is dirty and should be

...half an hour Last night about 11:00 my boiler started making weird loud humming noise, when i went to check it, the gauge was at 0 so i turned the boiler off and turned it back on again, and after ...