How To Light A Gas Water Heater Pilot Light
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2015
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Go to www.house-improvements.com for help. Shannon shows you how to light the gas pilot light on a typical residential water heater.
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Still incredibly helpful in 2023, over 7 years later! Thank you so much for this!
Exactly. I followed step-by-step. It worked perfectly.
Same here. Only thing for me was turning the knob to “pilot lighting” on mine kept it from igniting. I put it to its lowest “low” and we’re back in business
With 2 +million views says it all. it's really helpful!
youtube is awesome, thank you!!!
As someone currently laying in front of the viewing window on his hot water heater, agreed, well made super helpful
Thank you! I’m a single mom of 4 kids and last nights blizzard took out our water heater. I was so scared to do this on my own but man you are amazing! It was easy to follow and the pilot light went on real easily.
Before watching this video I couldn’t get anyone to help including the gas company. God bless you truly your a real life saver!
I truly want to thank you so much for providing your God gift talent. You don’t realize what you have shared on RUclips about dealing with a hot water heater that is gas. I watched one video and I still couldn’t understand it but when I came across yours, I followed you to the tea, and now my hot water heater is working, thank you so much. You are truly a blessing. Keep doing what you’re doing to bless many people.
This is so helpful! I'm a first time homeowner with an older water heater, and this was the simplest tutorial I found. Thank you sir!
This was an awesome video! Thank you for creating this as my water heater pilot just went out and I was able to light it again by watching this tutorial a few times. Thank God for you and your video, kind sir!
This video was great and very clear instructions I really appreciate the help, pilot went out with this weeks Ida tornado. Thumbs up….
1. Turn the top knob off and wait for a couple of minutes
2. Lower the heat as much as possible
3. Turn the knob to pilot and push down, simultaneously pushing the green button
4. Check if the flame was ignited and continue pushing the knob for 30 seconds
5. Release the knob and turn it to the on position
6. Turn the heat to your desired level
My knob won't turn to the off position the farthest it will go is the pilot position .. What should I do?
@@ariesdagreat push it down
@@ilo5736 thanks I figure that out a month ago . lol
Thank! 👍
Thanks
Thank you so much. I am recently single, on a farm, and you made this so simple. Had to change out propane tanks, which meant I lost pilot. This video got me right back in business without having to call someone to come help. Thank you!
Thank you, so much, for this video. My Mom's basement was recently flooded. I waited for the tank to dry out and followed your directions. Worked perfectly. Thank you, again.
Shannon, somehow every time I need to look up a repair, I always end up skipping through a number of videos before finding yours, which shows me exactly what I need. Thank you for all the work you put into making these videos, you're a life saver.
He’s the nicest most mellow guy on RUclips. Every time I run into his videos, they put me in a good mood.
What did dads do before RUclips? 😂 I’d be lost!!
I have no long lighters can I use a match ?
Great video! Ours went out today, and this was perfect! I like how you got right to the point and didn’t waste 10 minutes explaining irrelevant stuff.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for not posting annoying background music
Thank you so much for your time and teachings, sir. I was home alone is cold and had no water heater because the gas had been disconnected in my property but thanks to your video now that the gas was back on I was able to turn it on and take a good hour shower. Many blessings to you and yours.
Thank you Shannon. I watched a lot of videos and read the instructions, but had put everything away and given up. Then I watched your video and had lit within a few minutes. Thank you again.
I am a young woman who has no sense in mechanics tools or being handy and you made this so simple for me to understand and follow thank you so much. This is a great video!
Thank you Shannon! We just got the water back on from the snow storm in Texas. The heater was off. Your video saved us! So simple and we were able to follow the instructions and turn it on ourselves.
Glad you made it through the storm and aftermath! Stay safe!
@@HouseImprovements thank you 🙏
Thank you so much. I recently purchased a '74 trailer home and have never dealt with a gas water heater. Simple instructions and easily can do. Thank you.
You saved the day in 2021! Our gas was shut off to install a new meter and we were told they had turned everything back on, but that wasn't the case. So my husband and I watched your video twice, went outside aimed with flashlights and got it lit!! Yay!
Thank you! Hubby isn't home right now so you're video helped me not to panic and I turned it on myself. 😊
Same!
Thank you so much for this video. I've been out of hot water all day and nobody in this house wanted to help me. My husband was of course going to call a repair man but he went out so I said self go to RUclips! And here you are helping me! Thank you. I'm so proud of myself.
You got this!
Just to add same as everyone else here is saying, this worked for me, it was daunting at first but your very clear instructions and confident manner loaned me the courage to do it. Thank you so much
Thank you so much for getting right to the point and avoiding the time fillers so many videos do these days. Straight and to the point!
Thank you Shannon... my parents divorced when I was little and so mom raised me... She did a really job by herself, but there wasn't ever a man/father-type to teach me things such as this (I'm embarrassed to say). I appreciate that you shared your expertise on RUclips! I was really nervous about doing this. At first I tried the instructions on the hot-water-heater with no luck. I watched your video, and got that bad-boy lit in under 30 seconds!!!! THANK YOU!
Don't be... Embarrassed... a lot of guys were raised with.. No Father Figure around... Thts.. Y.. there's so many. Moms who should receive a "Father's Day" card!!... Thnk U Moms!!...😎❤👍👍
Thank you. Some of the clearest instructions I’ve found. You covered ever step for my Bryant pro. Thanks!
Thank you for providing this instructional video. I did exactly as Shannon did in the video and it stayed lit on the first try. Two thumbs up!
Thanks a lot Shannon. You did a great job to help others. I tried for two days and didn’t fix it , next day I am ready to call professionals person to fix my tank but I just watch you’re video and like to try one more time and it’s working with in a minute. Thanks a lot . God bless you.
From a Shannon to a Shannon THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!! I am a single mother and I've learned how to do many things on my own.... now I can add lighting my old school water heater to my list of things I can do.
Same here!
Nicely done Shannon. Instead of having to wait to have maintenance light my apartment water heater, I was able to safely and successfully do it myself. Thanks!
Same!
Thank u Sit .
Same, thanks saved me for paying a plumber
Thank you for this video. I did not realize that the flame window was behind insulation under the metal panel that comes off. I was able to restart my hot water heater after having my main turned off for several hours last night due to shower repairs. Much appreciate you posting this video and not embedding rediculous and unnecessary background music.
Feb 16th 2021 - During the worst winter storm in decades in Texas with 20+hrs power outages; water heater pilot light went out too. Your video helped me get it back on quickly so family can have hot water. Thank You and God bless!
I hope the power utility gets up and back working for you folks soon!
2021 and this was still super helpful, thanks for the content.
Same Here!
Yup, me too.
Same here - I have the same brand and very similar model. Couldn't find the window because there was insulation covering it. Super simple once you've seen it done. Now we can stop taking cold showers in our new home - lol.
Yep
Same for 2022
Awesome video! Thank you so much for helping me relight my gas water heater! I was so afraid to touch it but this video explained the process thoroughly!
+Megan Ali glad to help, you're welcome.
Great help. It worked just like the video showed. I had to relight the pilot after fixing a leak in the supply line. I didn’t understand from the instructions that I was supposed to push the green bar to get the spark. It’s always helpful to watch someone do it first.
I just wanted to say thank you so very much for sharing this video especially the first part because that's the exact same water heater that I have in my apartment and my landlord said they will not purchase a new one so we have to manually light it and turn it off every single day we need hot water because we do not know if the automatic relight switch works or not. It has taken many months for me asking my husband to show me how to do it myself so that I can have hot water when when he's not home and for some reason it's always an inconvenient time for him to show me exactly what to do but now after watching your video I did it! I am able to do it all by myself now so I just wanted to say thank you so very much! I have hot water!!! ❤️-Erica
Thank you so much! I didn't have hot water for like 2 days after watching this i was able to turn it back on👌❤
Thanks Shannon. Once again you've done a superior job explaining "how to". I'd read the documentation for my water heater and although it indicates to watch for the pilot light at the viewing glass, it never indicates where that window is. That's where your video set me straight in less than a minute. Thanks (and my wife thanks you too!)
I just did it. Thank you thank you Thaaank youuu. God bless you, Sir.
Thank you! I wish all DIY videos were this simple. No back history on anything. Not repeating your sentences three times each. Awesome!!! 👍👍
Thank you, I’m a single parent and my 19 year old was able to light my hot water tank. I was lucky it had the igniter! You saved me money. I subscribed
As a new home owner I want to thank you for helping me return to warm showers. ~_~ The things they don't teach you in school.
Thank you, Shannon. I did exactly what you said - and everything happened just as you showed it would. Worked like a charm. Much gratitude, Sir.
Weather / winds take out my flame. Since my water heater is outside and I always comeback to this video . Thank you so much
Thanks Shannon, The striker/sparker was broken on this water heater but with you excellent instructions I was able to remove the panels and light the pilot with a barbecue lighter and Walla we have hot water!!
Cheers, Dave
Just saved my wife and I a bunch of cash and a "we'll show up between 9am and 5pm, so be home" house call. Thanks!
Thanks so much Shannon, you helped two women light their pilot and saved us from a plumbers fee. Girl power!!
Thank you so much for this video! I just bought an older house and needed help figuring out how to light my pilot. This video was PERFECT!!
God bless you for this video! I was following the directions on the heater itself with no results. Your instruction to leave it on low instead of pilot did the trick. Many thanks!
I first read this video title as, " How to 'gas light' a water heater" lol it's obvious I not suppose to be here but it was neat to learn about :) cool vid!
Life saver!!! thank you for this simple, yet useful AF video!
My wife and i just got a house with an old gas water heater and this just saved my butt. Was able to get it back up and running in no time. Thanks!
You've helped me a ton over the years with many different things, and once again at 2am you've done it again. Glad I'll be able to take a hot shower in the morning. Thanks!
Today you kept another wife from taking a cold shower... You life saver you... Thank you so very much...
Thank you so much, Sir!!! Atmos Energy is actually saying we MUST now hire a plumber or other trusted person to light our gas appliances while their Techs ‘wait outside’ during social distancing which is ADDING a person. WOW!!! Thank you 😊
They just told me that. Will they check and see if there's an actual plumber?
Angelicaa Pickless Actually, my husband knew how to do it. He asked them to wait a moment outside to be sure it lit. We stepped back out in less than 3 minutes to let him know we were good - I be da- if not only was he not waiting by the door, the truck was NOWHERE in sight!!! Terrible customer services...smh
@@MentalHealthWellness-Self-Care Thanks cause I did not want to pay nobody for doing that simple shit. Also, it's something people need to know how to do instead of paying a plumber.
They're still saying the same thing. I think it's just foolishness. My husband's friend works for a different company next state over and he said that's insane. They're on their way out. We'll see how this goes.
Thx Shannon for taking the time to explain all of these incredibly useful little tricks. I have learned so much from you over the years
Aug 2023 and worked like a charm on our 2003 Rheem when it went out mysteriously. Thought it might need a new one but it lit right back up following your instructions! Thank you so much!
Thank you sir. My wife was gonna have to take a cold shower if I didn't find this video tonight...not good but alas crisis averted.
I took off the panel and I see water dripping, no leaking outside only inside, can't fix that huh need to replace it? (during shower water was warm and found out pilot light was off, then tried to light it and saw it dripping from inside)
Thank you!!!! You’re a lifesaver!
Loved the step by step instructions! 1st time turning on an old school heater & on the 1st try following your step by steps, I was able to turn it on! Thank you!
I am a first time home buyer and this helped us avoid a repair bill and waiting three days for a serviceman to come out. Thank you!
Great channel!
Thanks man helped a lot.. u dah best
2022 and this worked for me! Single woman here…I was terrified, sweating, heart racing, but sick of taking cold showers after two days and didn’t want to pay another 100 bucks to light the pilot…watched your video and it worked! Thank you!!!!
Thank you! Thank you! My water's been off for three days. It was finally turned on today, and when I went to finally take a hot shower there was no hot water. Thank you for helping me figure out how to get it back without blowing my house up. 😀
this video was very helpful I swear I just lit my own water heater thanks!!!
+Raniesha Hatcher that's great to hear
Thanks once again, man! This is the second time you've saved me from potentially lighting myself on fire.
Thank you so much!!!!
Got up on a chilly morning and my wife told me the water was lukewarm in our new construction house. After wasting 10 minutes looking through the manual's troubleshooting section I took to RUclips and found this video. Worked like a charm. Liked, subscribed your channel. Thanks
Thanks for subbing and commenting!
Omg thank you. Bought a house and been living with cold water and I used your video and I got my water heater on myself, thank you!!!
Thank you sir! I can finally turn on my water heater by myself 😭❤️
Lol
Just relit my water heater. Been taking cold showers for four days.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Our apartment shut our gas off today for maintenance but then only turned half of everyone’s pilot lights back on. This was a god send. At 11pm on a work night
GREAT VIDEO! I had just done my first water heater flush and couldn't get the pilot to light, but got it on the first try after watching this. Thanks!
this is very nice learn you really good man I don't have hot water today I watch it your video and I learned that you very much Goodman
Hold the pilot knob thingy down for 30 seconds... That's what I wasn't doing. Thank you!
To light it
Your video was very helpful. My husband was away and I was able to light the water tank from you second video. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much!!! I got the gas company to come by and even he didn’t know how to light this sucker! You definitely helped me figure this thing out
That’s for just telling me how to do it without talking 5 minutes between each step. It’s much easier to follow.
Thank you so much! 35 years young and just learned how to light my first gas water heater from your video (and I didn’t blow up the house!).
**UPDATE**
I'm her neighbor and she blew up her house and our house and we all died. Thanks
Thank you. I thought my daughter is going to be suffering showering in the cold water tonight, but your video saved us. I will subscribe you. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the super helpful video. Ours was made and installed approximately 2013 or so, and it has the newer features shown in the first part of the video. So now, in 2024, this video is still immensely helpful.
Appreciate the old style water heater tips. Got me back up and running in no time!
THANK YOU! We've been gone for a year, and I haven't had to light pilot in 4 years, so I forgot how. After driving for 24 hours straight, you saved us some frustration
THANK YOU ...... I've been waiting for a few days for someone to light the hot water heater so I can take a hot shower vs boiling all my water .... AGAIN THANK YOU!!!!
Your video was simple and easy to follow 💞
Thank you for posting this information. I replaced a water heater line I had to restart My gas water heater, I know you posted this 8 years ago, but. Your video helped me today I appreciate it thank you.
Nov 2022 and this video was a lifesaver, just moved into my first house. Gots lots to do but don’t have to worry about taking cold showers now! Appreciate the video!!
My pilot literally went out yesterday nd i had no idea how to relight it i almost wasted money on a plumber but u just saved me money and time thanks a bunch man!!!
This is my first time lighting a hot water heaters. You made the learning process very easy!
Thank you very much! I knew nothing to lightening my water heater! I've been sitting here for days with no hot water cause of a snow storm. You not only saved me who knows how much money but I learned something too! So again thank you!
Glad it helped!
Thank you for the video. I was one step away from calling a service guy out. You're video made the difference.
2022 here and first time owner in this housing crisis.. currently midnight and first power outage. You just saved me from a cold shower and a rude awakening in the am. Thank you!!
Thank you! Never encountered this situation until now. Simple tutorial and worked wonders!
This just got my pilot back on. I have a whole boiler set up in this new house as well so am glad this was all it was. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this video. The newer one is the same water heater that I have and I am so thankful that I found this. Explained Beautifully!!!!
Wow, thank you so much! I am the least “handy” person in the world and I was able to get my hot water heater lit with the help of your video!
Thank you sooooo much for this video. I currently have to water heaters a new and old so this was soooooo informative/great. You saved me lots of time & money instead of calling the plumber back.
Thank you! Your video came up first on the list in my search. Mine is your first type. My dial and controls are different, but I figured it out. All the way counterclockwise is Vacation, so I found the position in between from your well-worded instructions . First time doing lighting it myself, but I've got it now. Happy New Year and best of luck in 2024 and beyond for you and yours.
So helpful! Gas stove installation today and they didn't relight furnace or hot water! You saved me a cold shower in the morning.
My basement had a minor flooding and the light went off. Your video was really helpful! Thank you so much!!!
Well thanks for this video sir! I have a home inspection for the house im selling and i noticed theres no hot water running and dont know why and did a quick search and came in to your video. Really helped me a lot with that first method thank you!👍🏼
Thank you for this. Me and my mother are the only ones in home. And we didnt know. But now Ive learned and I will teach any future son or daughter. Its easier than I thought.
Thank you so much for this! I have an older model and I was really struggling to find an example for how to light it, this was very helpful!
Thank you! Having wisdoms extracted today and woke up to no hot water. Glad I found this video. Extremely helpful!
This was so helpful! Thank you, this just saved me a service call fee!
Thank you! Hurricane Ida (New York) knocked our pilot light out and had no hot water until I found your video and got it up and running!