Gas Oven Pilot Light Won T Stay Lit

The thermocouple which operates as a safety device turns the gas supply off when the pilot light goes out.

Gas oven pilot light won t stay lit.

Thermocouples detect pilot lights by sensing the heat they produce. I lit the pilot and started the oven. It consists of a heat sensor connected to a solenoid. When a thermocouple fails the pilot light won t stay lighted.

How to replace the bake igniter in your gas oven. The pilot will go out in the middle of a shift. Https amzn to 2yhax5g produced by scott the fix it guy with o. It consists of a heat sensor connected to a solenoid.

When i again go to light the oven pilot it will stay on until i let go of the handle. Most ovens have a glow bar ignition system. There were no problems before the gas was originally shut off so we don t know why the oven pilot will not stay lit. In this hvac training video i show up close how the thermocouple pilot light and gas valve work on a water heater furnace fireplace as well as other ap.

While this is an excellent safety feature a faulty thermocouple may decide arbitrarily that your pilot light is off when you want it on shutting down your pilot light and your furnace. When the sensor is not heated by the pilot flame the solenoid closes the gas supply line. The stove top is working perfectly. Furnaces of various kinds are gas powered and use a pilot light to supply heat to the unit including standard home furnaces and floor furnaces.

I called my landlord and he said to bleed the stale air out for 2 3 minutes so i did. Today i pulled the chimney out and cleaned the whole thing out along with everything i could reach inside the oven. This pilot light may not always stay lit due to a variety of issues that may affect the gas supply or ignitor. Troubleshooting for an oven pilot light.

We have replaced the thermopile and then the safety gas valve. Within 45 minutes it went out again. When a thermocouple fails the pilot light won t stay lighted. The first step in diagnosing a pilot light problem with your oven is to make sure the oven even has a pilot.

If it determines that the pilot light is off it shuts down the flow of gas. I have a bakers pride y600 pizza oven. The gas was off for 5 days.