Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.

Pilot light goes out when weather changes?

steamismyfriend
steamismyfriend Member Posts: 3
edited December 19 in Strictly Steam

I have a one pipe steam system, gas boiler with a pilot light. I’ve noticed something odd—when the weather changes rapidly, the pilot light will go out. It seems to happen when the weather swings from cold to warm (like this week we went from 30s to almost 60 in one day). I assume there’s some sort of down draft that happens under specific conditions that blows it out? The pilot light has recently been serviced and all of the various parts are up to date. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

Comments

  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,044

    Spark box , if the pilot flame drops out it will start sparking to relight flame ..

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,373

    How was the pilot light recently serviced? Was only the pilot light serviced? Because there was an issue with the pilot light before it was serviced?

    What make and model boiler? Pics? Standing pilot or spark pilot? Did anyone mention millivolts when servicing the pilot light?

Categories