Gas Oven Pilot Light Won T Stay Lit

It consists of a heat sensor connected to a solenoid.

Gas oven pilot light won t stay lit.

Click here to order a new oven ignitor. Today i pulled the chimney out and cleaned the whole thing out along with everything i could reach inside the oven. Troubleshooting for an oven pilot light. The stove top is working perfectly.

In this hvac training video i show up close how the thermocouple pilot light and gas valve work on a water heater furnace fireplace as well as other ap. When a thermocouple fails the pilot light won t stay lighted. If it determines that the pilot light is off it shuts down the flow of gas. The first step in diagnosing a pilot light problem with your oven is to make sure the oven even has a pilot.

The pilot will go out in the middle of a shift. Thermocouples detect pilot lights by sensing the heat they produce. While this is an excellent safety feature a faulty thermocouple may decide arbitrarily that your pilot light is off when you want it on shutting down your pilot light and your furnace. I lit the pilot and started the oven.

How to replace the bake igniter in your gas oven. There were no problems before the gas was originally shut off so we don t know why the oven pilot will not stay lit. It consists of a heat sensor connected to a solenoid. This pilot light may not always stay lit due to a variety of issues that may affect the gas supply or ignitor.

We have replaced the thermopile and then the safety gas valve. I have a bakers pride y600 pizza oven. The gas was off for 5 days. The thermocouple which operates as a safety device turns the gas supply off when the pilot light goes out.

Within 45 minutes it went out again. Most ovens have a glow bar ignition system. When the sensor is not heated by the pilot flame the solenoid closes the gas supply line. When the sensor is not heated by the pilot flame the solenoid closes the gas supply line.

When a thermocouple fails the pilot light won t stay lighted. I called my landlord and he said to bleed the stale air out for 2 3 minutes so i did. The thermocouple which operates as a safety device turns the gas supply off when the pilot light goes out.