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    Nov 27, 2009, 01:59 PM
    Can't get the pilot to light
    We have a Janitrol furnace and for some reason we can't get it to light. We push the knob down, and when we went to light the pilot it won't light.
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    Nov 27, 2009, 02:14 PM

    Thermocouple?
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    Nov 27, 2009, 03:01 PM

    If it will not light at all, means you have a blocked piolit tube or orfice, or no gas comeing to the piolit, or air in the line. If it lights, but will not stay lite then the thermocupling is bad.
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