I have two Homart 867 Gas furnaces. After a lengthy power outage yesterday they won't turn back on. I was able to manually light the pilot and switch the regulator (? Name ?) to open vs. auto in order to heat my house, but when I turn it back to Auto it cuts off the gas to the burner and no heat again. Both units are acting the same. Is there a reset that needs to happen after a power outage? What am I missing?

Did you experience an outage of power AND gas services? The manual/auto gas controls you describe are oldies, so you probably have separate pilot safety devices that require resetting after a pilot outage. Typically, if you follow the thermocouple lead or the small gas tubing from the pilot burner(s), it will lead you to the device. Look for a button, usually red.

I'm not sure if gas was out too, the utility company replaced a pole in front of my house so it's possible. I followed the tube from pilot and it goes to the electronic pilot light box and there is no reset switch or on/off switch on that box.

Any chance that you can post a few pics of the gas control(s)?

Yes, thank you so much for your help, I'll get some pictures together and post them in a few minutes.

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Read the instructions on the front of the BASO control. That is the pilot safety device. The lever sticking out of the top is used to reset it.

I tried that however it's not lighting the pilot. I'm questioning if it is in fact an electrical issue.

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Originally Posted by abasile

I tried that however it's not lighting the pilot. I'm questioning if it is in fact an electrical issue.

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This device does not light the pilot. It interrupts power to the gas control if the pilot goes out. The pilot must be lit first, then the control reset after a minute or so. If your electric service was out, it should not have caused the pilot(s) to go out. :confused:

I think my husband may have put the pilots out in his attempt to troubleshoot. What I did was get an voltage meter and trace the electrical back to the circuit breaker and found that I had a bad breaker, must gone have gone bad when they turned the power back on. Anyway I switched out the breaker and then reset the furnaces and everything is working again. Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it!

YOU did all that? Good job! Next time, tell hubby to stand back & watch how it's done!