Gas Fireplace Shuts Off And Comes Back On

The previous owners installed the fireplace less than 1 year ago.

Gas fireplace shuts off and comes back on. I called a service person and he couldn t fix it without recommending we spend 500 to replace a part. They turn off the gas lines during the summer so that the line runs to the pool heater. The thermocouple is a small device that generates electricity from heat they are used in gas furnaces and such to shut off the gas in case the pilot goes out so gas doesn t continue to flow and fill the room. The thermo couple is a sensor that senses heat a.

Pilot light stayed on the whole time though. It has been shutting itself off after a minute then turning itself back on repeatedly for over a year. So we chose to leave it. We turned the gas lines back on and bled out all the air.

I admit i m no expert when it comes to gas fire places but i had an old gas heater that displayed similar issues and it turned. I reach in to th. You need to put the key back into the keyhole if you want to adjust the height of the flame. Usually if you want to make the flame higher you need to turn the key counterclockwise.

It turns on fine but after perhaps 10 minutes sometime 30 minutes the length of time varies the unit simply goes off. On the contrary if you want to. You could be dealing with a bad thermo couple thermo pile. I recently purchased a home that has a gas fireplace.

I have a heatilator dls 18 gas fireplace installed in 1993. There are multiple things that could be going on. I can t believe my eyes but this fixed my fireplace too.