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!

On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:10:06 -0400, 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!


Yes, there are many styles of flue caps. Get one made from stainless
steel so you don't end up with rust stains on the roof.

On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:10:06 -0400,
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 used to have that problem. My water heater is in a
dedicated closet with a vent in the floor (raised
foundation) and a vent in the cieling (in addition to the
flue). The previous owners had intalled carpeting, and
trimmed the bottom of the WH closet door to clear the
carpet. When I removed the carpteting, the pilot-light/wind
problem got worse (clue-phone ringing). So I put a 2x2
across the door opening inside the closet (tight to the
closed door), and the light hasn't blown out for 12 years. I
did NOT have to block any of the vents.

YMMV.
--
croy

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

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.

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

Uncle Monsters web site url did not work!!

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:41:53 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Uncle Monsters web site url did not work!!

You must scroll down when you get to the tinyurl preview and click on where you see, "Proceed to this site." and you will be taken to the requested site. If you read about Tinyurl you will learn it's purpose, why many people use it and why the preview feature is used when posting a link to a newsgroup. When someone uses the tinyurl preview it's so you can see the address of the site before it's redirected. The reason for this is because some people will use a tiny URL for sending you to a dangerous site full of malware. I'm posting a link to the site below. 8-)

http://www.supplyhouse.com/Robertsha...ot-Relight-Kit

Read about tinyurl.com and be enlightened. ^_^

http://preview.tinyurl.com/

https://tinyurl.com/

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