Gas Fireplace Shuts Off And Comes Back On

It has been shutting itself off after a minute then turning itself back on repeatedly for over a year.

Gas fireplace shuts off and comes back on.

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 previous owners installed the fireplace less than 1 year ago. There are multiple things that could be going on. So we chose to leave it.

It took quite a while. You need to put the key back into the keyhole if you want to adjust the height of the flame. Pilot light stayed on the whole time though. The thermo couple is a sensor that senses heat a.

You could be dealing with a bad thermo couple thermo pile. I reach in to th. I recently purchased a home that has a gas fireplace. I can t believe my eyes but this fixed my fireplace too.

The first thing you need to do it call a hearth professional and have the unit serviced. On the contrary if you want to. They turn off the gas lines during the summer so that the line runs to the pool heater. It turns on fine but after perhaps 10 minutes sometime 30 minutes the length of time varies the unit simply goes off.

I called a service person and he couldn t fix it without recommending we spend 500 to replace a part. When your gas fireplace shuts off and pilot goes out usually it means that the thermocouple is bad or on the way of being bad. 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.