Keep the knob in for 20 seconds and then release it and turn it to the on position.
Pilot light old wall heater.
Old gas wall heater.
Each time the heater works for a week or three.
This is probably something really simple but i can t figure it out.
If your old gas furnace has a standing pilot you can follow a standard procedure to relight the pilot light.
Have a match or long lighter available to light the pilot.
The gas wall heater will not turn on.
When the pilot lights remove the flame but keep pressing the button.
I have the thermostat turned all the way down but i still feel heat coming from the heater so i just want to turn it off.
For old wall heaters after turning the dial towards pilot hold down on the pilot gas button instead of the ignite button.
We have an old coleman gas wall heater that was in our house when we bought it.
I have changed the thermastat 3 times.
We have never had any trouble with it until one day we turned the heat on the thermostat all the way down.
Turn the gas control to pilot and hold it in while you light the flame with a match or a lighter.
You should hear a hissing sound coming from the valve.
Find the valve located in the heater and turn it to pilot.
Step 4 press down the red button next to the control valve and keep pressing while you hold a lighted match or lighter next to the pilot orifice.
All i m trying to do is turn off the pilot light inside our new apartments wall heater.
After about 30 seconds release the button.
Gas wall heaters whether vented or unvented can supply enough heat to warm a small or medium sized room and they can operate with propane or natural gas.
Then press the button again to light up the pilot.
That same day when we tried to turn the heat back up.
When one isn t working properly the.
I changed the thermastat and the heater worked for a week or two.
Turn the control valve on the heater until the marker that says pilot is lined up with the marker on the outside casing.
The new wall heaters ignite the pilot light with a spark.
The reason that i think it is the thermastat is because i take it off and touch the wires together and each time the heater comes on.