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Anonymous Posted on Apr 25, 2011

Water not hot even thermostate turned to high. The pilot light is on. Shoulder I be able to visualise the burner actually firing.,or hear it firing. I can see the pilot light clearly. Please help

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If you have cold water now, you should hear the unit fire up and run while heating water. Proceedure would be; pilot is lit with thermostat at pilot setting. Once pilot is lit, you turn up to desired temp setting and you should hear the heater running. Depending on lighting, you should be able to see it slightly brighter and may flicker some while heating.

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