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    Jan 25, 2009, 10:44 AM
    Gas hot water power vent tank
    How do you lite the pilot lite?
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    Jan 25, 2009, 11:16 AM
    Usually a power vent water heater uses a ignitor to lite the burner not a pilot lite. There is a electronic control box that tells the ignitor when to lite. Usually the ignitor becomes defective but it can also be the control or the pressure switch.

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