hello,

the air heater in the basement has a label inside that states the pilot light will turn on automaticaly when there will be a call for heat! but after the main burner and the fan shut off,the pilot stays on! now,i know some of them work like this,but not in my case! if i tap it once it shuts off! and most important,sometimes it shuts off by itself!!!as it should be.what concerns me the most is that if i shut of the main gas valve at the furnace and then turn it back on,the gas start running trough the pilot WITHOUT IGNITING!!!! imagine if the gas company shuts off the gas for maintenance...and then turns it on and i"m away!
could someone,please,tell me the cause for this? and what should i do? thank you! Corneliu.

corneliu moldovan, September 2008

thank you! but how do i fix it?

corneliu moldovan, September 2008

Im not familiar with your heater but even the oldest of the old appliances are fitted with flame safety devices so i wouldnt worry too much about explosions and all thatIn the good old days when cooker piots blew out there were no explosions.Quite simply you will not get full gas thro the burner without the pilot been lit so even if gas passes through the pilot unlit it will be a minimal amount like a cooker pilot and will dissipate into the air.

Tony S, September 2008