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Water heater venting problems, pilot light keeps getting blown out.?
Monday, October 4th, 2010 at
12:06 am
Go to home Depot , Lowes or your local hardware store, they will be able to tell you what to do. Good luck! : )
You need to call a licensed master plumber.
I wouldnt mess with gas products – make sure that you are not doing something to void the manufacturer’s warranty on the water heater.
God forbid something happens at your house, like a gas leak from the pilot light out, your insurance may not cover the damage if you have some contraption around it…
three things to never mess with: gas, electricity and water.
call a pro!
Actually, the vent is apparently not long enough on the exterior. (weather it be a roof or wall exhaust. I work on furnaces all the time that have the wind issues. It will drive you nuts. I would say first, make sure that the portion of the vent pipe outside is tall/long enough according to the specs of the water heater. ALSO, make sure the vent pipe is the right SIZE for the water heater. All of that is good, then you need a different vent ‘cap’ for the tip of the vent that is out side. Worst case scenario, you are looking at a $50 repair. Hope it works out for you, good luck, Merry Christmas.
This is normal for a chimney. It’s supposed to create low pressure at the top end to force the gas to flow outside. If it gets too windy, the pressure is too low, the flow is higher and it may take the oxygen out of your pilot.
Try looking at the problem from the other end. What you want is to shield the pilot from being disturbed by the flow. I had a heater with a shield for the pilot. It was like a half pipe covering the side of the pilot exposed to the air inlets. It made it a little hard to light, because you had to go around it with a long match, but it kept the pilot from blowing out.