Rheem Gas Water Heater Pilot Light

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Rheem gas water heater pilot light.

After talking with the phone tech support guy for 15 30 minutes he informed me that this style of burner is prone to it and not used anymore anyways with rheem water heaters because the gas has to make its way. This is the thermopile assembly to purchase if your current home depot 6 9 or 12 year rheem gas hot water heater refuses to maintain it s lit pilot flame. If you don t have any hot water the first thing you should do is check to see if the pilot light on your rheem water heater has gone out. Rheem water heater pilots need to be manually lit using the piezo ignitor striker built into the water heater.

Whether you need high water delivery or low energy costs or both we have your next water heater. With a full line of rheem tank and tankless water heaters to choose from there s sure to be one that s the right fit for your family. A pilot light is a small device that is designed to provide the flame and light the gas coming out of the gas valve and main burner. It is common on fireplaces and older cheaper furnaces and water heaters.

Be sure to browse our impressive line of sustainable high efficiency tankless water heaters gas tank water heaters and the most efficient water heater. We just recently installed a replacement home depot 9 yr warrantied rheem 50 gallon hot water tank and what we thought was a flawless install was not correct in that the pilot light. A pilot light is always burning while using a small amount of gas either a water heater is running or not. Although a blocked gas line is one reason why the pilot light on a rheem water heater won t light or stay lit there are other reasons as well some easier to correct than others.