How To Relight A Pilot Light Furnace

Steps for relighting the furnace pilot light.

How to relight a pilot light furnace.

Pilot off and on if you are unable to locate this assembly or knob refer to the user manual for your furnace and try to locate a diagram that can tell you where the knob or switch is on your specific unit. The pilot uses a high voltage spark of electricity to ignite heat when the thermostat indicates that it s getting too cold. If you have a pilot with a red reset button turn the gas valve from off to pilot if you have a pilot without a red button turn the control knob from off to pilot light the standing pilot place the lit match or ignited lighter tip at the pilot while depressing and holding the reset button or depressing the knob as appropriate. Light a lighter or match then push in the reset button.

Hold the lighted match to the pilot opening while you push reset on the pilot control panel. In most cases this knob has three distinct settings. Although today s standard electric furnace uses a hot surface ignition older models often use an intermittent pilot to ignite heat. Find the gas valve.

Keep this button depressed until the pilot flame burns brightly. If you have followed the above steps on how to light a furnace more than twice and the pilot light won t light or won t stay lit when you release the reset button something is wrong with the furnace and you need to contact a furnace professional. Here are some important things to remember about re lighting your furnace pilot light. Hold your flame to the pilot light s opening.

If your pilot light goes out all you need to. This is usually red and should have settings for off on and pilot turn the gas valve to the off setting. The pilot light is typically in the bottom of the furnace near a small knob. Lastly set the valve to the on position.

In this episode of repair and replace vance shows how to relight the pilot light in a standing pilot furnace. If the pilot light won t stay lit the opening may be clogged. Step 1 locate the pilot light assembly and reset switch. Turn the knob to pilot and let gas to flow to the pilot.

The furnace should start automatically.