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    shadie999 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 5, 2008, 07:58 PM
    Water heater
    I have a electrical water heater you do not need to use a lighter it suppose to light by pushing a red button it want stay lit why?
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    Oct 5, 2008, 09:32 PM

    Are you sure it an electric water heater and not a gas water heater with a piezo electric igniter for the pilot? If that is the case then it sounds like your thermocouple failed.
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    Oct 6, 2008, 03:36 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by shadie999 View Post
    i have a electrical water heater you do not need to use a lighter it suppose to light by pushing a red button it want stay lit why?
    First off this is almost impossible to understand.

    Second, Mark is right, you have a gas water heater there. I suggest you post this in the plumbing forum.
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