The thermocouple is a thermoelectric device that shuts off the gas if the pilot light goes out.
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A hot water heater that doesn t heat might just need a new thermocouple.
The pilot light heats the thermocouple which generates electric current that tells the gas control valve thermostat to continue to feed gas to the burner assembly.
How to replace a thermopile on a water heater.
Remove the burner assembly and detach the thermocouple.
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A bad thermocouple is the most likely culprit when your whirlpool water heater fails to heat the water in the tank.
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If you have a gas water heater with a pilot light that won t stay lit it s probably due to a failed thermocouple.
Learn how to replace this inexpensive part and keep your hot water heater working for years to come.
Since almost all major brands of atmospherically vented water heaters have switched from a thermocouple to a t.
A thermocouple or flame sensor is a device used to control gas flow in gas water heaters on older style heaters with standing pilot lights the device is typically called a thermocouple while on newer units with electronic ignition the same or virtually the same device is called a flame sensor for our purposes we ll refer to both devices as the thermocouple.
In simple terms it s a short piece of tubing that runs from the gas controller to the pilot.
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