No Hot Water: Water Heater Troubleshooting
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2019
- How to diagnose and repair a faulty atmospherically-vented, gas-fired water heater. Common problems and how to fix them.
Example tank is a John Wood 40 gallon: Model AV40N
Same tank as A.O. Smith 40 gallon: Model GCRL 40
Status Light Codes
Normal Flashes:
• 0 Flashes Indicates Control Off/Pilot Out.
• 1 Flash Indicates Normal Operation.
• A continuous light indicates that the gas control
valve/thermostat is shutting down.
Diagnostic Flashes:
If the water heater is not working, look for the following
diagnostic flashes after lighting the pilot.
2 Flashes Indicates Thermopile Voltage Low
4 Flashes Indicates Overheat Failure
5 Flashes Indicates Sensor Failure
7 Flashes Indicates Electronic Control Failure
8 Flashes See “Status Light and Diagnostic Code
Troubleshooting Chart.”
Troubleshooting Chart: www.manualslib.com/manual/743...
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Come home late night and No Hot Water. I immediately came to UA-cam and found your wonderful video. Thank you for bestowing your knowledge to the little people. You saved me a lot of money, if I could I'd buy you a beer.
Glad the video was helpful. Thanks and take care!
Pros DIY what if my pilot isn’t sparking?
Maybe we can all chip in and have a zoom chat beverage time break.
So what was the problem ?
@@youngmingo103 I had the same problem. It was sparking, just hard to see.
I like that your videos get right down to business with no music or long intro. I didn't come here for entertainment. I came for your knowledge! I appreciate the way you convey information efficiently and effectively. You've also saved me money! Thanks!
I just paid a guy $59 for a guy to come and try to sell me a $3k replacement job. I tried troubleshooting the thermopile isolated and then the thru the switch. The guy that came out never tried to troubleshoot anything or tell me or try to check the reset on the switch‼️ 2min into this video, I now have hot water and a happy wife, and saved a lot of money on a unnecessary purchase. THANK YOU‼️
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Growing up without a dad, then becoming a homeowner, I'm so thankful for UA-cam videos. Came home to no hot water and found the issue at 1:48 of this video
Don't forget it wasn't that long ago that you needed to call someone out for help, but nowadays there are guys like Pat around who share their expertise with us. This video is the absolute perfect step by step checklist to ascertain _exactly_ what's wrong with your gas water heater. When it's boiled down to essentials it might not sound like much, but there's many years of troubleshooting and repairing very neatly sewn into every sentence, and it takes another person with years of experience to fully appreciate what's being offered for free. On top of all that it's so clear & concise on what to do and how to do it, that it's easily understandable to a layman, home-owner or Do-It-Yourself-er. Great video mate.
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! One of the nicest comments I've ever received. Thank you Tyler. All the best!
@Pros DIY. Thank you!
You are awesome! Been fighting this thing for hours. I knew I should've checked UA-cam sooner. I love when actual professionals are comfortable with sharing info like this to try and save the consumers some money. My family thanks you!
First off, I taught college Math for 42 years and can really appreciate a well prepared presentation. You get A+ in my book on so many levels. Not sure what you do for a living but you would make one helluva of a great teacher. Thank you, Thank you, a 1000 factorial Thank yous for your contribution to all of us. I was wandering in the dark for days; Pilot Assemblies, Thermopiles, 560 millivolts, Gas Control Valves,...until I stumbled upon you and your excellent. And I too would buy you a beer, no maybe a fine cognac would be more appropriate. Something more elegant like your videos. Bravo.
Thank you Babo for the kind words! Take care!
I was able to fix my water heater quickly, instead of having to call and pay a repairman to come over in the middle of this COVID-19 pandemic. I am so thankful for your video.
I have problem before it's only hot water I had 2 days after the hot water problem resolved now I have hot water problem
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Thanks for the video. My termal switch was triped. I vacuumed filter and around the tank, lid and now it's working. You saved me $300-400 today. Thanks again
Came home from work yesterday after a long day and was told there's no hot water. OMG, it's frustrated! Went through so many videos on UA-cam but no one video mentioned about to check the thermo switch. Your video is very, very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to explain all the steps! 💯
Glad it helped!
1:45 this is incredible!
We haven't had hot water for nearly a week. I've relit the pilot a few times in the past, but this time it just wouldn't work. Sparker is fine and lights the pilot no problem, but as soon as I let go of the knob the flame dies.
I've watched all kinds of videos online, talked to people, and prayed hard. Yours is the first video I've come across that explains the button that gets tripped. I pushed it and all my problems were solved.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hi Pat, I just wanted to say thank you so much. My father had a plumber come in and said we needed to replace our tank for 3000.00. I followed your steps and we now have hot water and my family is happy.
Your video saved me $2300. A plumber tired to sell me a water tank when all I had to do was reset the pilot
What a scumbag
Thank you for this very thorough and easy to follow instructional video. I was able to get my hot water back up and working again very easily and quickly thanks to your help!!! My whole family thanks you!!! We have a very large and always busy household! Keep on doing what you’re doing!!!
Thanks for the positive feedback Stephanie! Glad you were able to get your water heater working. Cheers!
Doing dishes one day, and no hot water. YT it was, and yours was the second one I clicked on. (First one had a lot of extraneous talking). Was able to fix my problem. Fortunately for me, it was just re-igniting the pilot. I was super lucky to not have to do follow up steps, but it's nice to know what to look for and what the next steps were. Saved me a good chunk of change. You get a like, a follow, and a good recommendation anyone I know has any issues. Much appreaciated!
Thank you for getting to the cause and fixes, without telling me how the weather was yesterday. I love your efficiency with instructions. This helped me tremendously. Once again thank you
I couldn’t get the pilot to stay on and had no status codes.
All I had to do was press that switch and viola, the pilot stayed on and the unit is blinking like it’s supposed to! Thanks man. From the bottom of my heart thanks! I’m dead broke right now and you just saved me some serious cash. Some dishonest plumber may have told me to replace the water heater, and that’s a lot of cash.
I really want to thank you for this video, we are on a fixed income and having a water heater replaced is something we just can’t afford now, but after watching this video it helped solve our problem and our water heater is now working. Thank you so much this saved us a lot of money and for that I’m extremely grateful.
Awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful and saved you some money. Cheers!
Thank you. First time home owner with no experience! These videos have saved me lots of money that I don't have 😊
So thankful for your videos! Woke up Saturday morning to no hot water, immediate thought was bad thermocouple (thermopile in this case, also something new I learned), but it was lack of combustible air that caused the thermal switch to pop. Reset the switch, vacuumed the dog hair, all set. Thank you!
Thank you so much!! All this this time we could have hot water. We all thought it was because of the utility company cutting off supply for some kind of maintenance. Turns out the pilot was out. Finally have hot water after 1 week of cold shower. You're a life saver!!
Thanks! My landlord is in LA, I live in British Columbia and didn’t want to call them because I had no hot water. This video made it super simple to fix! Thanks so much! Now I know for the future.
Makes me smile - comments from years ago, comments from five days ago. 1.5M views. Not bad! No uncooperative water heater is safe from this guy. I have a feeling my uncooperative has died of old age, but at least when the plumber comes to do the replacement I will be armed with questions and my own, well informed, trouble shooting review. Thanks so much, Pat.
You help young growing plumbers everywhere. I really only have messed with electric on new construction apartments. This helped me learn a lot. Thank you
OMG, SO THANKFUL FOR THIS VIDEO😁😂🤣😎❣ AO auto strike gas Heater was out. No lights flashing at all. It's under warranty, couldn't get "mfgr" to call me back. Called ex-hubby🙄 He tried and tried to relight it, no go. We'd googled several videos but nothing about "no light at all issues"....
Suddenly YOUR video came up... was about to close when you mentioned that thermocouple "reset button". Hmmmm kept listening. 😳🤔
We listened, went back to water heater, did push that button, tried to relight.... and SHE CAME BACK ON PERFECTLY! YEA!!!! Thank you SO MUCH! Saved by you & Jesus🙏👍👏👊🤝 WooHoo (Happy Dance) from Oklahoma's Godmother 🤗😘😍🙏👱♀️
Thank you so much for this! As a brand new homeowner I was worried I'd be calling out a plumber (at post 6pm Friday evening prices, eek!) because I couldn't get the pilot light to stay on. I didn't know about the thermoswitch inside the panel (1:50)! Now I'm just waiting for the water to heat so that I can have a nice relaxing shower. You probably saved me a small fortune and a professional plumber his Friday evening. :)
Thank you for this video, My water is not hot and I needed to know what to do before I call someone. I don't fear too much in life, but my biggest fear is that I will be ripped off by a repair person, so having this knowledge helps me have the confidence to attempt fix the problem. And if I need to call a repair person I will know what they are doing. Once again, thank you.
Man, I owe you a lot. I was waiting for the last 36 hrs with no hot water but your video helped me to fix that, so I don't have to wait for those crooks to come on Monday as they promised
Glad the video was helpful and saved you some money! Cheers!
Thanks I was able to troubleshoot my water heater. Ordered the parts and replaced the part and successfully fix the water heater. Total cost about $40.
Thanks very much!!!
I had things stored to close to the vents and I had to reset it. I’m redoing my basement and moved stuff to one half of the basement and basically smothered the heater. All clear and breathing easy now👍🏽
Thanks a lot for the tips.
You just saved me, I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH $$$. Lately It’s been HOT🥵, taking a cool shower feels quite nice. But after several days of taking cool showers, I began to notice my kitchen sink water wasn’t getting hot. I was fearful of even looking at the hot water heater, much less touching it.😬 Thankfully🙏🏻 I came across your video, and YOU walked me through it. For whatever reason, the pilot light had gone out. But it’s lite, and I know once it’s had time, I’ll have hot water again. THANKS SO MUCH!
Glad the video was helpful. Take care!
That was an incredibly clear video. Well explained and beautifully filmed. Your posting very clear and relevant links is extremely helpful. Many UA-camrs out there do not bother to do this. You have done it well. Thank you and best wishes
Thank you, my wife had my 2 babies in the bath and there’s no one open and honestly don’t have the money to pay a repair guy. You saved me with this one 🙏
Man, you are a lifesaver. Followed the steps and my switch thing needed to be reset. After pushing it, I got the status flash and my pilot lit right up. Home has hot water again!! Much appreciated my man.
How long did you have to wait for the water to heat up again
@@cb7ronnie1 A few minutes, then it was ready.
@@Teejaye1100 thank you it all worked out and now i have hot water.
@@cb7ronnie1 Good deal, I’m glad you’re good to go.
I just want to give you a HUGE HUG!!! I don’t know anything about this stuff and your video was the first one to pop up, thanks for teaching us what to do ✨🙏🏾🙋🏾♀️
You made this so simple and straight to the point...if everyone appreciated that i think the world would be a little better all the way around...thank you sir
I am a senior women and this help a lot. I saved a lot of money. Thanks.
hello!!! I just want to say Thank you.
I am Chilean but I live in Vancouver, boiling in my country is very different, it was very worrying for me not knowing how to use the one we have at home, we no longer had hot water and we did not know what to do, my roommate looked for and read the complete manual and We weren't able to fix it, I went to UA-cam just in case a response appeared and poof your video magically appeared to save us, now we have hot water and we already know how to use our boiler
thank you so much for your video 💕
Thanks for the post. I got mine restarted after leaving it off for 10 minutes. I have a Rheem, and it took a while for the pilot light to stay lit while I adjusted the temperature control setting. So far, so good, I'll know that all is good in the morning if I have hot water.
Excellent professional guidance! Here is another tip. If the water heater pilot light is not igniting, it may be the spark is not strong enough. There is a wire coming from the igniter. Disconnect this wire and spray contact cleaner on it and reconnect it. Then turn the dial to pilot. Wait at least 5 minutes. While the dial is pointing to pilot, press and hold the dial, and click the igniter every 10 seconds until you hear a subtle dull pop (which is an indication the pilot is lit). Keep holding the dial in and keep clicking every 15 seconds until you see the light start flashing every 3 seconds or so. If not lit within 2 minutes, stop and try again after 15 minutes.
I wish I had seen this video 2 weeks ago. I might not have needed to replace my water heater. I am keeping this video for future reference. Thanks for your professionalism and help.
Great video!!! Thank you very much for the instructions. I would never have known to keep the pilot pushed in for that long. Looking forward to watching how to clean the filter. Thanks again!
Helped me save my cousin from getting ROBBED A 3rd time. Thank you for your time to create and share this video on the water heater. Literally saved my cousin the thousands they INSISTED on she needed an entire new water heater. When all we needed to do was vacuum, empty as recommended per manufacturer, refill and had her savings remain hers and NOT the "Scamming & Lyin SoCalled family". I appreciate your work and will include your youtube channel on my end of year APPRECIATION DONATION LIST.
Glad the video was helpful. Thanks Tracey!
Thanks again for teaching and showing me step by step now I have hot water again 💯👍
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
After a long holiday I go take a shower and no hot water. Went to my trusty Home Improvement 1-2-3 book but no help. Half way into your video you gave me the answer on how to trouble shoot.
You are a life saver. No one has ever told me of the breaker switch on the thermocouple. My daughters think I am a hero. Naaaa I have to give credit where credit is due.
Hit the LIKE BUTTON and now am a subscriber.
BEST VIDEO bar none / no useless gibber jabber we all want to listen when this man speaks it was most useful THANK YOU
I followed your instructions and now my water heater is working. Thank you so much 😊
🏆 Thank you. For the first time in my life, i just followed your instructions and relit my own hot water heater pilot light 🔥. You helped save money for me and my family. Thanks
Thank you so much for this video. I was able to get my water heater back on which saved me so much money. I had a company come out and wanted to charge me over $2k for a new one and installation. They didn’t do what you showed in this video
Oh my God thank you so much because of you, we have hot water in negative temperatures and I didn’t have to call anyone at 11o’clock at night so grateful!!!!
Glad the video was helpful. Cheers!
Just moved into our new apartment...my wife goes to take a shower after me taking 1 the previous day...no hot water...watched this video and we've now got hot water...@1:50 was Our problem! Thanks so much!!
Wow! Loved your video! Short, to the point and easy to understand, even for a novice. You covered EVERYTHING! I didn't even learn this much being trained as a Maintenance Technician. You showed the basics, and then some! And ALSO some tricks I never heard of! You're awesome dude!
This video needs more than just a thumbs up! It was short, thorough, all the information was good! Perfect video I was able to diagnose my issue and fix it!
Thanks for this tutorial! I was able to reset my water heater and save approximately $200.00 for a plumbers service call. Very, very much appreciated!
Thanks, saved my day! For my unit, I just turned the knob to "Pilot" and pressed the igniter a couple of times, once it got ignited, I moved the knob back to the "A" position and it started working.
Thank you!!! I was about to quit 😭😭😭😭but I kept trying and 💥 hot water heater is running again!!! Ty for your service I really Appreciate it 😂😂😂😂😂❤
Thanks for the help! Even though instructions for relighting pilot were on the tank, it is easier and more reassuring watching a pro do it first!
Immense gratitude for this video @Pros DIY! I know if I had called a repairman (in the los angeles area), they would have charged an arm and a leg and most likely told me that I needed a new water heater....as has happened before. Learning about the reset button saved me a bundle! I'm a new subscriber and look forward to seeing more of your videos. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy holiday season!
The thermopile switch was my issue. This video was very helpful. It's now on and running. Thank you so much.for your help.
Wow, impressive! I love not having to call anybody - I just come straight here to get the real deal. Thanks Pros DIY!
Great help! Thank you for sharing the knowledge. I would have never known without this video. You rock man, thank you!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg you saved my life. ITS SNOWING 🌨 I fixed it. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Watched the video and I am back up and running hot water once again! Thank you very much!! 🙏🏻
Excellent explanation, thank you. Easy and to the point. I'll need a new thermoswitch but at least have hot water without the need spending a lot of money for a weekend fix. Thanks again.
Awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful. Cheers!
thx man my family is praising me a lot 😊
I must say, probably the best straight to the point video l have seen yet. Thanks
Great video. Thanks for helping. My waterheater was not working, cold water for my shower. . Got it going by relighting the pilot. Hopefully it will keep working.
I totally forgot about the reset button on that lil switch at the bottom . Worked right away after I pushed that . Thanks
Excellent video, i was able to jumpstart my water heater, called for a maintenance check, just to be safe. Thank you!!!
Thanks for this video. My gf just moved into a new home and the pilot was off. I had it set to pilot but wasn't pushing it in to let the gas flow. Now we're good :)
Thanks. From watching your video I did what a technician from Roto Ruder didn't. I fixed my Mother Father's water heater just by following what you showed in the video. Bad technician! Bad technician!$$$$$
So before watching your whole video... you had me back in hot water...and that's a good thing.. Got pilot lite and vacuumed the filter..sweet thanks.
This video was very helpful 100%,,I just press and hold pilot bottom for 1 mnt +ignition bottom clicks few times and done, exactly how he said thanks so much for sharing your knowledge,
God bless you 👍
Thank you. Gives me a good place to start to figure out what is wrong.
Thank you for your video, I got my boiler working again, with zero knowledge that I had 😂
You are an absolute lifesaver! I was able to reboot/recycle my water heater after discovering the pilot light out, and now I'm back to having hot water (and saving what would probably have been a $300 emergency call since my wife would have killed me if we didn't get hot water back).
Can I send you a check?? 😉👍
Thank you very much. Your step-by-step took me straight to resolving the problem. Great work!
Lit mine in the next try after this video. The light off trick to test your spark was great and HOLDING the pilot button down was really important until the light turns RED or BLUE. THANK YOU MAN Seriously I would have had to call my brother and he woulda made me pay lol
Thanks Brandon! Glad the video was helpful. Cheers!
Your video was very helpful I would like to thank you for a great video. After researching over five different videos yours was the more helpful. And the easiest to understand . Thank you
Tks. Followed your instructions the water tank is now working & saved a house call.
Thank you for this nice crisp video. I was able to troubleshoot and solve the problem! Saved both $$$ and time!
Thank you so much for this video. I was getting ready to call the plumber but with your help I got it done myself. it worked.👍🏼👍🏼
Great video, now I can go tell my wife "of course I know how to fix a water heater issue". Thanks!
Thank you sir! First time homeowner & you helped me reignite this thing.
this video is well done. Tried solution by solution and by 2 minutes in, things were back to normal!
Thanks for these videos hopefully I can get mine fixed soon
The reset buttom solved my problem! Than you for saving me time and money. Very helpful!
It was the resettable thermo switch. Thanks for the video. Saved us some money!
Thank you! Just saved me a $240 visit. Thermopile reset did the job.
Thanks for this video. It helped me solve my water heater issue. I now have hot water 👍👍
Fixed my water heater thanks to this! The pilot light was out
Thank you so much! You helped my grandma!
Thank you for sharing your precious skills. Amazing! We fixed the problem just by watching your video.
Great explanations!!!
I fixed my problem. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the great video Pat. We Rheem Guardian System Fury Gas Water Heater (EverKleen Self Cleaning Water Heater) Model 22V50F1 50 Gallons using 38,000 BTHU. The heat gauge was set to almost High for heat and the broiler was in full high, yet the water was just lukewarm. I was watching this video to see what was wrong, and I noticed it was not dirty, as this tank has nothing to clean, it does not have a indicate control either, so no codes and it was made in May 2007 (maybe that is why it has no indication controller). I turned the red water temp gauge from HOT to one notch before the WARM (the white line) and now it seems to be making hot water.
Thank you The Power Of Your Voice Podcast! It sounds like it could be a damaged dip tube. The dip tube is a tube that is extends inside the cold water supply of the water heater. It directs the cold water to the bottom of the tank and the hot water is taken off the top. If this tube is damaged, the cold water will mix with the hot water towards the top of the tank. This will give you a shortage of hot water or lukewarm water. Do you find your hot water doesn't last long?
Thank you sir. Very helpful for a brand new homeowner with zero experience with boilers, etc
Thanks Roman! Congrats on your new home!
Did u get urs to work
Got home no hot water. Thank you, for the video.
My water heater just lost the fire.. I worried and don’t know what to do until see your video..thank you so much
EXCELLENT!!!! You explained the whole process so easy to absorb!!! Ty brother!!!
Thank goodness I have a voltage tester now. Thanks. This was good! Now to apply that to all different styles of water heaters!