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Offline Cornbelt

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Pilot lights going out
« on: July 21, 2010, 04:46:21 PM »
 Been having trouble with my gas pilot lights going out. Had a few storms, so the vented H2O heater makes sense, but the stove and oven? Haven't had a breeze all day. And tonight the water heater again. What gives?
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 05:07:15 PM »
I doubt that all the thermocouples would go bad at the same time.
Do they go out at the same time?
Got funky gas pressure?
Are your neighbors having the same problem?

Should've asked first; LP or Natural Gas?
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 05:56:19 PM »
Natural Gas. Haven't checked w/the neighbors. More or less, they go out together; at least they get relit together, anyhow. Dryer is only one w/electronic ignition, so don't have trouble there.
  Might ought to call the gas company and see if they've been up to something in this area.
  Everything relights fine when I figure out its out, but with a canner on the stove going all day, haven't had a problem on the burners, just the pilots, but not the stove top pilots.
  Between posting and re-posting, the oven light went out again.
 
  I'm fixing to take a shower and go to bed. Maybe I'll stick a 30 minute road flare in the hot water heater so I don't have to shower in cold water like some barbarian.
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 06:10:49 PM »
Sounds more like a supply pressure problem than an appliance problem.
I would talk to the neighbors before I called the gas company, for ammo.
Loss of revenue, even pilot light revenue, should get their attention.
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 06:54:18 PM »
I vote for the gas company too. Could be just your house though. You probably have two regulators in the line to your house, could be either one or maybe even the meter. I would give them a call, they are usually pretty quick to respond, gas is something you don't mess around with.
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2010, 11:35:30 AM »
I had that problem once. The gas company said the meter went bad and was restricting the flow. They replaced the meter and all was well.

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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 05:28:09 PM »
Well today everything is back to normal. One neighbor had electronic ignition, so didn't notice.
 Guess I just had a bad gas day.
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Re: Pilot lights going out
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2010, 07:15:26 PM »
You might call and ask them if they had any analomies in service the other day.
A broken line might take a couple of surges and dips to settle out.
It might bring some closure, so you don't have to wonder what might happen in the winter.
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