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Pilot is lite, but heater will not come on when thermostate is turned on. Stopped comming on last night when it got cold and I turned the thermostate up for heat. bought new thermostate, honeywell, still does not work. what to do now?
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If you have cold water now, you should hear the unit fire up and run while heating water. Proceedure would be; pilot is lit with thermostat at pilot setting. Once pilot is lit, you turn up to desired temp setting and you should hear the heater running. Depending on lighting, you should be able to see it slightly brighter and may flicker some while heating.
THIS HEATER DO NOT HAVE A PILOT YOU MUST HAVE A DIFFERENT MODEL. DO YOU GAS? TURN KNOB TO PILOT PRESS. LIGTH PILOT WAIT FOR 60 SEC AND RELEASE IF STAY ON TURN KNOB TO ON. IF TURN OFF PILOT MUST BE REPLACE
Well, I just went out this morning and worked on the heater after it would not light last night. Turns out that a spider or moth set up camp in the pilot light intake housing and plugged up the two small mixer holes that pull in air for the pilot light. This would explain the 'yellow-flame'. I took a punch awl and some compressed air and cleaned out the hole, then re-installed the cover and knob. Lastly, I turned and depressed the knob and the pilot light ignited almost instantly, stayed on when I let the knob up, and the heater turned on normally after that. Good luck, I hope this helps.
I'm a little confused by your terminology. You are saying you have a pilot lite and electric heat strips? Are you possibly meaning burners? Is the heater running for 2 hours straight without shutting off? how cold is it there? Lastly what temperature do you have the thermostat set at and how close does it get to the temp. before it shuts off?
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