Ao Smith Water Heater Pilot Light Won't Light - api

I have taken very good care of them, i flush them once a year, change the anode rods as needed, keep them.

After peeking through the little window, i see the pilot is lighting, but once i remove my finger.

After my vacation, the pilot light went out.

I can hold the button down for a.

Smith water heater won't stay on.

So i attempted to light the pilot doing the following:

I have replaced the thermocouple and cleaned the flame arrestor, but the.

There is residual gas inside the unit.

The status red light stopped blinking and the water heater quit heating water.

Hello, i have an ao smith gcv 40 water heater.

With this in mind, here are the most common reasons that a pilot won't light or won't stay lit and what you can do about them.

I had a handyman come in and change the thermocouple on the water heater too, it still wont light.

Turned the control knob to pilot and pressed.

You would only be charged labor.

I don't have any difficulty getting the pilot light lit as some other users have indicated.

Let an ao smith rep repair it.

If you really want to keep the water heater going, consider replacing the.

I timed it and there.

It looks atrocious and it should be shined up!

It's the piece of metal coming out of the white insulator.

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The igniter is working as we see the initial spark but then it dies down when we click the.

Pilot light is lit but burner does not light.

Nevermind that the click starter does not work, but to get around that, i manually lit the pilot, and everything was fine, but.

Ao smith water gas water heater:

I have an ao smith water heater and the pilot suddenly won't stay lit.

There is no light on the water heater.

I have an a. o. smith model gcv 50 100, 50 gallon natural gas water heater that will not stay lit and the pilot goes out.

There used to be a problem with it where the pilot wouldn't stay lit for more than 15 minutes after i would light it and turn the heater on.

But if that heater was kicking off from the thermal switch, that would need to be reset manually.

I have a 2 years old a o smith gnr 50 200 water heater.

I tried lighting in following the directions on the water heater and it will not light.