On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:39:33 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4:30:25 PM UTC-4, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 1:10:33 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I live near in area where we routninely have significant wind gusts.
Several times a year, our gas water heater pilot light will be "blown
out", due to the wind going Down our roof vent exhaust pipe.

Is there an item, that I can install, likely on the top of that vent
pipe, to prevent that "downward air flow" ?

I am REAL sick of cold showers, and re-lighting that damn pilot
light!

I've installed automatic relight kits on problem units before and the units work very well. You may find a better price with a little searching. 8-)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/pfqshfw

[8~{} Uncle Pilot Monster

How does that thing work? All the WH pilot lights I've seen,
you have to hold the valve button down to get it to light.
I'm guessing it detects the flame going out and re-lights
it immediately, before the thermocouple cools off and the
valve closes? Interesting device, I never knew they existed.

I installed most of them on furnaces that had standing pilots but newer gas furnaces which have no standing pilot essentially already have it in the form of an electronic igniter. I've also installed them on some water heaters too and I'd get 24vac off the furnace if it was close by but some were far away from the furnace and the relighter can also use 120vac. Older rooftop HVAC units have a standing pilot and high winds can often blow them out so that's where I installed most of them. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Pilot Monster