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Old 08-09-2010, 03:30 PM   #1
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would someone educate me on lighting procedure on this basic little gas hw heater. it is full of water, gas is full and stove and ref work on gas. tried to light hw heater but see no ignition button, just a little blue knob with on-off-pilot positions. this is in a 94 T-1550 I just bought. when in pilot position, it does not appear to be spring loaded as some others I have seen. thx to all. Terry
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figured it out with help of Google. wonderful thing!!
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I was too hasty in my reply. got it lit OK, and when water reaches proper temp, heater cuts off. then, I turn on hot faucet, get hot water for about 2 seconds, then goes cold again. must have a valve wrong. chime in, if you know answer. thx to all.
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Do you know if you have a hot water bypass valve for winterizing and do you know if it is turned to force "All" water thru the heater? If it is part way it can both fill the heater and mix cold with it at the same time.

If the bypass is set to the correct position, tell us how many seconds it took with the water running to get hot water the 1st time? Did it purge cold for about 5 seconds then just get 1 2 second slug of hot and back to cold? AND was only the hot water faucet on at the time, no cold at all?

About how long did the HW heater run the 1st time to heat up? 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes? Or how long?

We are “assuming” you have a 2 knob faucet when this happened and not a single lever faucet. Or did you?

Pending what you come back with you may be experiencing a bypass valve partly not in the full HW only mode and maybe a stuck discharge check valve on the top of the HW heater.

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checked the 'by-pass'valves. handle was broken off one of them. just a casual glance didn't reveal this. closer inspection, with flashlight, showed the problem. turned it on with pliers, and worked great. thank you all, in particular, you John, for your help. you are truly the 'go to guy' when there is a problem.
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