Rheem Water Heater Pilot Light

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Rheem water heater pilot light.

Rheem would either dispatch a technician to install this part however having no reliable hot water for almost a week i installed this part myself and it s been almost 12 hours with a consistant reliable pilot light thereby giving us hot water to shower and clean. Bought the house 4 years ago and i was not the original owner. Video of the day volume 0. The rheem unit is an rtg 95lxn.

Ran pressure test passed. Rheem water heater pilot not lighting piezo igniter style water heater went out last week and is 6 months outside of the 6 year manufacturer s warranty. Didn t see any leaks like the old one that failed prior decided to do some basic troubleshooting and figured out the components to try to fiddle with. Rheem performance plus 50 gal.

Rheem water heater pilots need to be manually lit using the piezo ignitor striker built into the water heater. The first pilot light ignition. I would guess it is 10 years old. 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.

Doing some remodeling so added a gas line to new stove. Now wanting to get water heater pilot lit. I understand it is not a pilot light.