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Posted on May 28, 2009

What's up with My Bosch Hot water heater??

My bosch is 5years old and i've never had any problems. The last 2 weeks the pilot light has been going ou. We could refire it up, by following directions on the H2O heater. Now when we try to light the pilot light it will only stay lit until we take our finger off knob. As soon as we do the light gose out. What do you think????????????

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It sounds like a thermocoupler
its located inside the unit next to the pilot flame and should be screwed in next to the pilot button at the other end

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What leads you to suspect that pilot blew out instead of another problem?
Fact that pilot will not relight, indicates other factors at play.

Open following link for Bosch troubleshooting resources including manual, and Bosch contact info:
http://waterheatertimer.org/Troubleshoot-Bosch-Tankless-water-heater.html

Best place to start is your manual.
http://waterheatertimer.org/pdf/Bosch_10P-installation.pdf

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http://www.bosch.com.au/content/language1/downloads/70R_UserManual1023.pdf
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http://waterheatertimer.org/Troubleshoot-Bosch-Tankless-water-heater.html
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http://www.houseneeds.com/shop/heatingproducts/waterheating/parts/bosch2400espartsbuy.asp#

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