http://okavangochallenge.com/water/our-hot-water-went-out-how-do-i-find-out-if-our-water-heater-is-still-good-or-if-something-else-is-to-blame Tue, 22 May 2012 00:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://okavangochallenge.com/water/our-hot-water-went-out-how-do-i-find-out-if-our-water-heater-is-still-good-or-if-something-else-is-to-blame/comment-page-1#comment-3582 clcprodigy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:33:59 +0000 http://okavangochallenge.com/water/our-hot-water-went-out-how-do-i-find-out-if-our-water-heater-is-still-good-or-if-something-else-is-to-blame#comment-3582 Could be just a draft blew the pilot out, which is focused on the thermocouple, eliminating the electrical charge that keeps your gas flow to the burner. Either the pilot light will light and you need to get something in place to stop a draft or your thermocouple is bad, watch the video a generic thermocouple is about 10 buck at Home Depot, Lowe's or Ace Hardware. Watch the video.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJIhtwXlZl4 Could be just a draft blew the pilot out, which is focused on the thermocouple, eliminating the electrical charge that keeps your gas flow to the burner. Either the pilot light will light and you need to get something in place to stop a draft or your thermocouple is bad, watch the video a generic thermocouple is about 10 buck at Home Depot, Lowe’s or Ace Hardware. Watch the video.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJIhtwXlZl4

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]]> http://okavangochallenge.com/water/our-hot-water-went-out-how-do-i-find-out-if-our-water-heater-is-still-good-or-if-something-else-is-to-blame/comment-page-1#comment-3580 William B Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:21:59 +0000 http://okavangochallenge.com/water/our-hot-water-went-out-how-do-i-find-out-if-our-water-heater-is-still-good-or-if-something-else-is-to-blame#comment-3580 if its electric turn the breaker off [push it to off] turn it back on if its gas check at the bottom for a pilot light,<br><b>References : </b><br>maint man if its electric turn the breaker off [push it to off]
turn it back on
if its gas check at the bottom for a pilot light,
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