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Pilot light on boiler

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Joeh1223
Joeh1223 Member Posts: 9
in Gas Heating
Should I be able to hear the piolt light flame when I’m on the floor close to with , the boiler door open?
Should it be completely silent ?

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  • pedmec
    pedmec Member Posts: 973
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    Couple of things i can add. my ears are not the best so i can only tell you from my point of view. Depends really on the age of the boiler. older boilers tended to have larger pilots so you could easily hear the pilot provided it was clean. As the boilers became more efficient pilots became a little smaller. little more harder on the ears but ill bet that most techs can hear the smaller ones.
    Joeh1223
  • gyrfalcon
    gyrfalcon Member Posts: 162
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    My boiler pilot is definitely louder than my hot water heater and cook stove pilot lights. 
    Slant Fin Galaxy GG100(1986) , 2 zone hot water baseboard, T87 Honeywell thermostats. 
  • gyrfalcon
    gyrfalcon Member Posts: 162
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    What does the flame look like? 
    Slant Fin Galaxy GG100(1986) , 2 zone hot water baseboard, T87 Honeywell thermostats. 
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 9,639
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    it depends.
  • Joeh1223
    Joeh1223 Member Posts: 9
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    @gyrfalcon the flame was a little yellow and weak but and a little more silent, I cleaned it out with compressed air now it’s blue stronger and louder , it’s a crown from 2007 I did try the piolt adjust because it’s all the way up, but even adjuststed then noise is the same, and the flame is where it should be all the way up so I keep it there .

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