I am unable to get the pilot light to light. I cheked and there is sufficient gas in tank. I have tried blowing dust off pilot light. My ignitor sparks but pilot will not light. Any ideas about what may be wrong?

The pilot light on our State Censible gas water heater will not stay lit... it is not the thermacouple and it is protected from drafts. We light it daily... we get enough hot water for about 2 showers and a load of dishes. What could be causing this problem?

Hey all. I recently joined this site because I was trying to find info on my heater (Trane XE 60). I wanted to know what the pilot light should look like when it is working correctly. Mine is lit but appears to be blowing flame in two directions. This wouldn't be a problem except one direction gets...

I have a wall heater, the pilot light was out so I re-lit it a couple days ago and it went on.. about 4 hours later I noticed it was out again... same thing off and on for three days... this time I lit the pilot and turned the heater on it immeditly made a click sond and went out completely... it...

I have the same problem as the person who asked about getting their wall heater to light. The answer was to make sure the flame was touching the thermocouple.. . But how do you do that? I can't make the flame higher, so do I move the thermocouple lower and what does a thermocouple look like...