Ao Smith Water Heater Pilot Light Won't Light - staging

So i attempted to light the pilot doing the following:

I can hold the button down for a.

After my vacation, the pilot light went out.

I have replaced the thermocouple and cleaned the flame arrestor, but the.

Nevermind that the click starter does not work, but to get around that, i manually lit the pilot, and everything was fine, but.

I have an a. o. smith model gcv 50 100, 50 gallon natural gas water heater that will not stay lit and the pilot goes out.

I have a 2 years old a o smith gnr 50 200 water heater.

I timed it and there.

Pilot light is lit but burner does not light.

I have taken very good care of them, i flush them once a year, change the anode rods as needed, keep them.

Let an ao smith rep repair it.

It looks atrocious and it should be shined up!

The igniter is working as we see the initial spark but then it dies down when we click the.

After peeking through the little window, i see the pilot is lighting, but once i remove my finger.

You would only be charged labor.

If you really want to keep the water heater going, consider replacing the.

Turned the control knob to pilot and pressed.

There used to be a problem with it where the pilot wouldn't stay lit for more than 15 minutes after i would light it and turn the heater on.

The status red light stopped blinking and the water heater quit heating water.

It's the piece of metal coming out of the white insulator.

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I don't have any difficulty getting the pilot light lit as some other users have indicated.

With this in mind, here are the most common reasons that a pilot won't light or won't stay lit and what you can do about them.

I tried lighting in following the directions on the water heater and it will not light.

I had a handyman come in and change the thermocouple on the water heater too, it still wont light.

But if that heater was kicking off from the thermal switch, that would need to be reset manually.

There is no light on the water heater.

There is residual gas inside the unit.

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