"jim" wrote in message ...
CBHvac wrote:

"jim" wrote in message ...
TOM KAN PA wrote:

I've had these unvented gas logs for about five years. Same room,
same
fireplace.
I re-lit the pilot light this fall. It burned fine. One night my
wife
lit the
logs. The next day we noticed the pilot light was off. I accused her
of
turning
the shut off too far and turning off the pilot light.
One evening I told her I will turn the logs off. I shut them off,
the
pilot
light stayed on. For a few minutes.
So I re-lit it and it stayed on, no problem. Until the next time the
logs were
used. After they were turned off, the pilot light burned for a few
minutes, and
went off. I re-lit it, it's still burning, but I know that the next
time
when
the logs are used, the pilot light will go off again.
What can be causing this? About the only thing that can be replaced
is
the
thermo couple. And if this is defective, the pilot light should
never
stay on.
No so.. the pilot light gets it gas from the other side of the valve
that the pilot controls.... it always get gas... if not then you would
never be able to get gas to the pilot light to heat up the
thermocoupler
that makes the gas valve open to set the logs on fire...

Actually, not so.
I have not seen a set of logs like that in over 10 years....
Push and hold pilots are the norm. When the thermocouple heats enough to
generate millivolts, then the pilot stays lit.

... get another
thermocoupler and see if that fixes the problem...... if that does not
fix it then its the gas valve that the thermocoupler controls and it
might not be worth fixing??? i dont know what type of setup you
have...
but remember that the gas always goes to the pilot..

NO, it does NOT.
I JUST repaired another set and its pick and hold...pick and
hold...sheeeeeesh.

... if the pilot
blows out and you get gas its not too much to cause a problem like the
gas coming out of the valve if the valve is bad(it lets too much gas
out)...

English???
Bad valve wont let too much gas out....bad regulators will..

It amazes me that advice this bad is even allowed out.
why did you not tell him to go get a "professional" like you to fix
it???

Because you did a fine job of that with your post...you proved without a
doubt that sometimes amatuers have no biz touching a set.

I am a pro...sorry if you cant deal with it...and I cant help it that you
have no damn clue what you are doing. At least you made the attempt, dont be
upset that someone that has a bit more experence corrected you. Most of the
pros I hang out with wont even bother with this group, and the ones that do
would tell you the same thing.