ive been tryin to light the pilot with a match, the on/pilot/off switch will not budge! its stuck on "on". ive also been trying to push the switch down which i saw somewhere when i googled it. its a pretty old sears furnace 20 years old or more. any advice?
cant turn gas furnace switch to "pilot" from "on"
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Some had a separate button to push right next to the control knob - that's instead of pushing the knob itself.
Funny, I came home to find someone had come into my apartment and turned my water heater off. I suppose I should look into that...
EDIT: With my sister's old furnace, the light is pretty far back from the opening, so we had to use one of those long lighters to light it. Trial and error mostly. Don't blow yourself up.
EDIT: With my sister's old furnace, the light is pretty far back from the opening, so we had to use one of those long lighters to light it. Trial and error mostly. Don't blow yourself up.
Yep.
You push that down, turn it to pilot, get the pilot lit and hold for 30 seconds or more then let go and turn to on. But OP's sounds like the kind where you push the knob down.
Any manuals for that model online?
i cant find the manual or even the model number! ive tried holding the button down but no matter what it wont let me turn it!
Does it turn off?
Maybe you need to start from off, push, turn to pilot, light pilot, turn to on?
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Mine is finicky too. I forget the exact mechanism, but if I remember I'll look at it tonight.
First, the direction that you turn it is opposite of the direction marked on the switch itself. Second, you can only turn it in the right time (ie, I think to go from pilot to either ON or to OFF the gas must be fully lit for 30+ seconds). Third, the furnace itself and the manuals I have for it say it is an automatic light, but it isn't I need a lighter every year (I had it serviced once and the repairman was even confused by the complete lack of automatic light even though it says right on itself that it has one).
Pilot switches should be very easy - there isn't much to them. But damn someone really screwed up the design of mine.
Every year the thing confuses me. Every year I swear that I'll write the instructions down for myself next year, but I never get around to it. If I remember I'll try it tonight and post it here so that I have a permanent record. If not, I'll do it over the weekend.
First, the direction that you turn it is opposite of the direction marked on the switch itself. Second, you can only turn it in the right time (ie, I think to go from pilot to either ON or to OFF the gas must be fully lit for 30+ seconds). Third, the furnace itself and the manuals I have for it say it is an automatic light, but it isn't I need a lighter every year (I had it serviced once and the repairman was even confused by the complete lack of automatic light even though it says right on itself that it has one).
Pilot switches should be very easy - there isn't much to them. But damn someone really screwed up the design of mine.
Every year the thing confuses me. Every year I swear that I'll write the instructions down for myself next year, but I never get around to it. If I remember I'll try it tonight and post it here so that I have a permanent record. If not, I'll do it over the weekend.
Call the repair maintainace company/person on the tag on the furnace or gas pipe and ask them for instruction.
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