shabbs wrote: wprager wrote: shabbs wrote:Doh! That sucks. The newer ones usually have a re-set sequence (no more reaching in with a match).
On ours, a Trane, you have do an off/on sequence three times in a row I think. That initiates a restart of the pilot.
Suggest you look up your model on the 'net.
Can you see that the pilot light is indeed out?
I tried the off/on three times before I went downstairs to try to find the model number. As I was looking around for it (no model number on the outside, by the way, just "Amana") I heard it turn on.
Nice! Glad that worked.
Well, it did, sort of. We've had a couple of warm days so maybe I didn't notice (I have it set at 22 during the day, then 19 overnight, and it was never cold enough outside to make it drop below 19). But last night was a bit colder again, and I noticed that the temperature stayed at 20 despite me turning it up above 22, and this morning it was at 18. Went downstairs and the furnace was cold, so with the temp at 18 and tstat set at 22 it was not on.
So I did the off/on x 3 trick again, went back downstairs and waited. Then on a hunch I turned the gas valve off-and-on and the bugger started up. This time I noticed a second viewing "disc" higher up, where I could see the main burner. I played with the gas valve and saw the flames decrease and increase. In the end I left it as it had been, full on (in-line with pipe).
So, not sure what's what. Maybe I should call up Enbridge. Could it be I have some dirt in the line? Why would "jiggling" the supply valve make it kick in? Or was it just a simple coincidence?
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