Pilot light keeps going out
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Pilot light keeps going out
Anyone know what could be causing my pilot light to go out about 10 seconds after I light it?
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25-03-2006, 21:01
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
thermo couple is knackered
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25-03-2006, 21:02
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
Eh?
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25-03-2006, 21:02
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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Originally Posted by Russ D
Anyone know what could be causing my pilot light to go out about 10 seconds after I light it?
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On your boiler ?
If so, you probably need a new thermo-coupler
Edit: beaten to it by monkey
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25-03-2006, 21:02
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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Anyone know what could be causing my pilot light to go out about 10 seconds after I light it?
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errr....the pilot light to what?
Wind? Lack of gas or low gas level?The whatever is defunct?
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25-03-2006, 21:03
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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On your boiler ?
If so, you probably need a new thermo-coupler
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How much do these usually cost? Is it an idiot-safe job or will I need a plumber for it?
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25-03-2006, 21:03
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
same thing happened to one of our ovens at work...
was indeed the thermo-coupler... cost £600 to fix home boiler will be a lot cheper though! (thankfully!)
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25-03-2006, 21:07
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
when the pilot light is lit it should hit a small piece of meteal that looks like very thin copper pipe, that is the thermocouple. You might see a similair one on a gas hob,
It tells the gas supply there is a flame ........no flame .....no gas
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25-03-2006, 21:08
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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How much do these usually cost? Is it an idiot-safe job or will I need a plumber for it?
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Dunno Russ, sorry, I always get my plumber to change mine, but I don't think it is that difficult, or expensive
have a google
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25-03-2006, 21:08
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
I thought this was going to be another Rikki Fulton joke. (Probably only a few Scots will know what im on about there).
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25-03-2006, 21:09
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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when the pilot light is lit it should hit a small piece of meteal that looks like very thin copper pipe, that is the thermocouple. You might see a similair one on a gas hob,
It tells the gas supply there is a flame ........no flame .....no gas
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Cheers for that, but surely if it was that then the pilot light wouldn't light at all?
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25-03-2006, 21:10
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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I thought this was going to be another Rikki Fulton joke. (Probably only a few Scots will know what im on about there).
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AAyy MORE STEAM MACPHAIL
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25-03-2006, 21:12
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
If its easy to get to, then its a piece if wire connected to a piece of metal that will be held in somehow. Just a case of swapping it for the correct replacment. Cost, dunno
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Cheers for that, but surely if it was that then the pilot light wouldn't light at all?
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it may not be completely knackered. I think the flame creates some sort of electrical charge. (don't quote me as I may have dreamt that!! )
edit: thay are elctrical.. http://www.picotech.com/applications/thermocouple.html
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25-03-2006, 21:14
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
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Cheers for that, but surely if it was that then the pilot light wouldn't light at all?
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It will still light otherwise how would it get hot ? there is a timer involved
Gas comes, on pilot light lights, t/c heats up, gas stays on.
Where is it? boiler? fire? hob? they've( is that a real word? ) all got them
they can be expensive and a bu***r to fit or they can be quite cheap and simple. One bracket and 2 wires
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25-03-2006, 21:15
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Re: Pilot light keeps going out
It's in my boiler. At the moment I have no heat (other than the gas heater in my front room) but I do seem to have hot water.
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