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Anonymous Posted on Sep 11, 2014

Pilot is lit but wont fire burner

Burner wont start but pilot is lit

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  • Posted on Sep 12, 2014
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 15, 2008

SOURCE: water heater pilot light

it also sounds as though the pilot injector could be blocked so when the boiler comes on it extinguishes the pilot & then when the burner goes off boiler shuts down, or also the pilot rate maynot be set right, so when the main burner kicks in it robs the pilot of the gas it requires.
It could be that, or there is lack of ventilation for the boiler, so you get flame lift off when the boiler fires?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 26, 2009

SOURCE: i have a richmond gas hot water heater model

resetting your lock out for richmond power vent

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jasbo

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  • Posted on Dec 04, 2009

SOURCE: pilot stays lite but the burner wont ignite propane unit

the gas is not coming out of the burner, probably due to rust clogging the holes.

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John Prohaska

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  • Posted on Dec 17, 2009

SOURCE: Natural gas hot water heater not stying lit

Probably a bad solenoid in the gas valve. Higher voltage of a new thermocouple keeps it open longer but it still fails over a period of time. Look into a new gas valve for the water heater.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 09, 2010

SOURCE: The pilot light & will stay lit. untill the burner cycles on/off

MAKE SURE THE BURNER TUBE AND ORIFICES ARE CLEAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER LP PRESSURE.

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it also sounds as though the pilot injector could be blocked so when the boiler comes on it extinguishes the pilot & then when the burner goes off boiler shuts down, or also the pilot rate maynot be set right, so when the main burner kicks in it robs the pilot of the gas it requires.
It could be that, or there is lack of ventilation for the boiler, so you get flame lift off when the boiler fires?
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