Hi

ITEM
3 year old 40 gal gas water heater.
Uses natural gas
All plumbing and venting 3 years new.
Mounted on two foot pedestal in garage.

Pilot went out Sunday.

Relit Pilot ok
Burner would not fire.

Tried several times over five hours with pilot off, relite no burner.

House water was hot all day.

House gas furnace was functional so not a gas supply problem.

Later that nite Burner fired up

Is this a problem or sign of failure to come?

tia

..

No way to tell.

But most all water heaters carry a minimum 5 year warranty - if not 10.

Check with the plumbing co. who installed it.

Matt

HS wrote:
Hi

ITEM
3 year old 40 gal gas water heater.
Uses natural gas
All plumbing and venting 3 years new.
Mounted on two foot pedestal in garage.

Pilot went out Sunday.


As Matt said, it is likely under warrantee. Use that first.

As for the actual problem, I would guess the thermocouple would be first
suspect.

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"HS" wrote in message
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Hi

ITEM
3 year old 40 gal gas water heater.
Uses natural gas
All plumbing and venting 3 years new.
Mounted on two foot pedestal in garage.

Pilot went out Sunday.

Relit Pilot ok
Burner would not fire.

Tried several times over five hours with pilot off, relite no burner.

House water was hot all day.

House gas furnace was functional so not a gas supply problem.

Later that nite Burner fired up

Is this a problem or sign of failure to come?

tia

..

Thermocouples aren't pricey and fail fairly often.

On Thu, 5 May 2005 18:22:04 -0700, "HS" wrote:

Hi

ITEM
3 year old 40 gal gas water heater.
Uses natural gas
All plumbing and venting 3 years new.
Mounted on two foot pedestal in garage.

Pilot went out Sunday.

Relit Pilot ok
Burner would not fire.

Tried several times over five hours with pilot off, relite no burner.

House water was hot all day.

House gas furnace was functional so not a gas supply problem.

Later that nite Burner fired up

Is this a problem or sign of failure to come?

tia

.

How did you discover the pilot went out? If you have hot water in the tank
it's not supposed to fire up the burner.

If you never went without hot water, then I'd say nothing is wrong. Perhaps
the pilot just blew out somehow.