Pilot Light Goes Out How to Fix it

My water heater pilot light went out one day, and I had to figure out how to fix it. Turned out that the thermalcouple went bad, and had to replace it. It was only 6 bucks. Im sure im not the only sucker this happens to. Hope it helps someone. Enjoy!

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• heater
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• light
• out
• pilot
• thermocouple
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• water

[chileancanadian]

whoo hooo thanx for the vid just finished fixing mine ..$ 8.39 :)

[FlyRobDog]

@chileancanadian - AWESOME! Im glad i could help you out! And THANK YOU for posting such a nice comment. It gave me a nice smile :)

[stevenbayer8]

You, and others like you, are why YouTube is one of the best things that has happened to the internet. Thank you for taking your time for doing this.

[FlyRobDog]

you are very welcome!

[yvr545]

Right on bud.....I thougth that was what I needed to do now I know that steps and short cuts.....thanks

[FlyRobDog]

no problem! Sometimes you just need to see it done once, and its all clear. Im glad i could help.

[COLTRAKM]

Thank you :)

[stopwhining1]

@WpgLwr007 Are you sure? Because I just spoke to the manufacturer of my Water Heater and they told me that the spark arrestor needs cleaned and theyre sending me a cleaning kit... I dont know exactly what it is I just hope I can fix it fast

[WpgLwr007]

@stopwhining1 You have to change the thermocouple -- the metal part he's talking about. It's shutting itself down for safety. I'm here because I have the same exact problem you're talking about. You can also Google "Replace Thermocouple - (Brand name of your heater)" to find the manual. City Wide Water Heaters here in Winnipeg left a "manual" when they installed tank, but it tells you nothing at all -- so that if you have a problem you have to call them -- ought to be a law against that.

[stopwhining1]

My water heater does exactly what happens at the end of this video... the pilot lights up, then I turn the temperature up and the "stove" catches fire.. but the problem is that it ALL goes out after about 20 min.. I keep having to re-light the pilot and turn the temperature up.. whats the problem here?

[Philiciono]

your the man !!

[zavalza99]

i change my thermocouple ,works for 6 months.but i have that same problem again,

[johannalsbiz]

i sure hope this helps! really entertaining too:) thanks!

[johnnieb15]

does this work the same with gas fire places

[waitandbl33d23]

Saved my family alot of money! Thanks so much!

[gershmakesvideos]

My girlfriend agreed to get In n Out tonight only if we could get the heat working. Apartment is warm thanks to you.