Rheem Water Heater Pilot Light

It s important to know how to light the pilot on your water heater because you should always turn the pilot light off if you are leaving your home for an extended vacation.

Rheem water heater pilot light.

Didn t see any leaks like the old one that failed prior decided to do some basic troubleshooting and figured out the components to try to fiddle with. I understand it is not a pilot light. Now wanting to get water heater pilot lit. Rheem water heater pilot not lighting piezo igniter style water heater went out last week and is 6 months outside of the 6 year manufacturer s warranty.

Bought the house 4 years ago and i was not the original owner. Rheem would either dispatch a technician to install this part however having no reliable hot water for almost a week i installed this part myself and it s been almost 12 hours with a consistant reliable pilot light thereby giving us hot water to shower and clean. Rheem performance plus 50 gal. The rheem unit is an rtg 95lxn.

Tall 9 year 38 000 btu ultra low nox uln natural gas tank water heater model xg50t09hn38u2 view the performance plus tank gas water heater. Video of the day volume 0. Although a blocked gas line is one reason why the pilot light on a rheem water heater won t light or stay lit there are other reasons as well some easier to correct than others. Ran pressure test passed.

Rheem water heater pilots need to be manually lit using the piezo ignitor striker built into the water heater. I would guess it is 10 years old. Trying to light pilot on my rheem water heater.