This is probably something really simple but i can t figure it out.
Pilot light old wall heater.
Have a match or long lighter available to light the pilot.
The new wall heaters ignite the pilot light with a spark.
Old gas wall heater.
When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button.
The pilot lite is lit.
The reason that i think it is the thermastat is because i take it off and touch the wires together and each time the heater comes on.
You should hear a hissing sound coming from the valve.
We have never had any trouble with it until one day we turned the heat on the thermostat all the way down.
All i m trying to do is turn off the pilot light inside our new apartments wall heater.
I changed the thermastat and the heater worked for a week or two.
That same day when we tried to turn the heat back up.
Keep the knob in for 20 seconds and then release it and turn it to the on position.
Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing.
February 2018 in the main wall.
Find the valve located in the heater and turn it to pilot.
If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the pilot light.
The gas wall heater will not turn on.
We have an old coleman gas wall heater that was in our house when we bought it.
Then press the button again to light up the pilot.
Each time the heater works for a week or three.
I have changed the thermastat 3 times.
I have the thermostat turned all the way down but i still feel heat coming from the heater so i just want to turn it off.
Press inward on the valve.
For old wall heaters after turning the dial towards pilot hold down on the pilot gas button instead of the ignite button.
Gas wall heaters whether vented or unvented can supply enough heat to warm a small or medium sized room and they can operate with propane or natural gas.
When one isn t working properly the.