What do you do when your water heater won’t light?
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Quote from Youtube video: Or your I don't know what they call it I know it's like light striker. We're taking anything apart make sure that you turn off your gas. Valve. Let's dunlear in the video. This is on turn 90 degrees
How do you check a thermocouple?
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Quote from Youtube video: If I take my wire and attach it to anywhere along the sheets of the probe. I attached to the sheath and I'm getting continuity this is a grounded thermocouple if this was an ungrounded thermocouple.
What does a hot water heater thermocouple look like?
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Quote from Youtube video: And will ignite the main burner whenever heat is needed next to the pilot is the thermocouple which generates a small electrical current when heated by the pilot flame.
Where is the thermocouple on a gas heater?
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Quote from Youtube video: This is the pilot assembly x2 the pilot is the thermocouple. If the thermocouple is dirty then it won't warm up and won't produce enough voltage to open the gas valve.
How do you replace a thermocouple on a gas water heater?
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Quote from Youtube video: Here putting in the new thermocouple is very easy all we do is take new thermocouple. We push it back into the bracket. And there's usually some type of compression fitting that holds.
