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.

Gas fireplace shuts off and comes back on.

Pilot light stayed on the whole time though. Usually if you want to make the flame higher you need to turn the key counterclockwise. It took quite a while. 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.

We turned the gas lines back on and bled out all the air. You could be dealing with a bad thermo couple thermo pile. I reach in to th. The previous owners installed the fireplace less than 1 year ago.

The thermo couple is a sensor that senses heat a. The first thing you need to do it call a hearth professional and have the unit serviced. I have a heatilator dls 18 gas fireplace installed in 1993. 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.

You need to put the key back into the keyhole if you want to adjust the height of the flame. It has been shutting itself off after a minute then turning itself back on repeatedly for over a year. I can t believe my eyes but this fixed my fireplace too. They turn off the gas lines during the summer so that the line runs to the pool heater.

On the contrary if you want to. So we chose to leave it. I recently purchased a home that has a gas fireplace.