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A pilot light is a small gas flame, usually natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas, which serves as an ignition source for a more powerful gas burner. Originally a pilot light was kept permanently alight, but this wastes gas. Now it is more common to light a burner electrically, but gas pilot lights are still used when a high energy ignition source is necessary, as in when lighting a large burner.
The term "pilot light" is also used occasionally for an electrical indicator light that illuminates to show that electrical power is available, or that an electrical device is operating. Such indicators were originally incandescent lamps or neon lamps, but now are usually LEDs.

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    Old Glowworn Fuelsaver 30 (Mark 1 I think), pilot light leaking?

    Just bought a house with above boiler which has a history of regular servicing (last six months ago). When I moved in gas was shut off at the meter and electrics to boiler turned off. I turned on the gas at meter and checked to see if the counter was revolving to check for obvious leaks. It...
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    pilot light not coming on, performa 24

    hi people, firstly thanks to all you guys who post advice and tips to help like guys like me out its greatly appreciated now my problem, moved into my house 6 years ago it has a performa 24 thats about 7-8 years old, i had a dodgy plumber that was recomended to me, but he wasnt the best and...
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    Pilot light going out?

    Alright team Went to a floor standing old boiler today and what's happening is the pilot light is going out after about 5 minutes of the boiler being u And running, not just the burner going out but the full pilot. Does this still point towards thermocouple even although it stays lit for the...
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    AGA pilot light

    My AGA pilot light went out and I could not get it to stay lit when I re-ignited it. So I changed the thermocouple - really easy - took the old one out and took it to my local heating parts supplier and he sold me an equivalent one for £5. I had to carefully hacksaw off the fixing screw on the...
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    Baxi Solo Pilot Light dropping out

    Hi Just been called to a baxi solo WM 40 4 RS the pilot light has gone out and on trying to re-establish the pilot light the pilot ignites, but then when you let go of the control knob after 10-20 secs. the pilot flame drops out. I am gas safe registered and competent at installations but not...
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    Pilot light wont come on, boiler just wont kick in

    Hi, Had our new worcester 30si boiler installed about 3 months ago (havent moved in yet due to renovations, the boiler was tested and was working fine with the old radiators) Since then we have put in new radiators and went to start up the system. The pilot light failed to come on and the...
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    MAIN COMBI 24 HE, Pilot light not turning on, no pressure.

    Hi everyone, not actually a plumber but winter's coming and my boiler has just broken today, not great when you've got a toddler and it's minus temperatures outside. Basically the pilot light's gone off, I've reset it and checked the manual, the flame warning light is flashing once every two...
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    Baxi Solo Bangs and Pilot light goes out - PLEASE HELP!!!!

    Hi, I have a 2.5 year old Baxi Solo 24 HE, had no problems while it was under the 2 year warranty but then it kept locking out. Took off the Combustion Chamber door and discovered the seals were totally shot, replaced these thinking that was the problem. Now it fires up and doesnt lock out but...
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    Pilot light going out, with loud noises from aloft!

    We have an old Potterton Prima B boiler, up until now working fine. We went away for several days, leaving HW and CH on (with rads low). We returned to find everything off and the pilot light out. I re-lit the pilot light and since then it runs for a while (sometimes as long as a whole day)...
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    Ideal Classic LXFF Boiler no pilot light

    Hi Hope someone can help as I am going through one of those periods at the moment that everything seems to be breaking down and I cant afford anything else at the moment. On the back of the Panel Ive taken off the boiler it says Classic LXFF & FF Fanned Flue Gas Boiler - Ideal. I noticed...
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    Worcester Bosch pilot light - can't find the ignition button

    My Worcester Bosch 240 Combi pilot light has gone out. I know where the red spark generator button is, but can't for the life of me find a grey button on the gas valve. The valve is a Honeywell VR4601MA3013 - can anyone tell me where to find the 'grey button' on it?!
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    Gas fire - pilot light problem

    hi everyone, I have got a gas fire for repair (valor heartbeat - radiant/convecter ) very soon, the problem is it sometimes the pilot doesn't light or it takes while then lights but sparking is ok. any ideas?
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    Ideal Concord Pilot Light

    Ideal Concord CX170 - problem with pilot light. The Pilot light is a bit poor but will hold the thermocouple in with a bit of patience. When boiler fires up on main burner, pilot light becomes very weak and sometimes the burners drop out because the pilot cannot keep the heat on the...
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    Dog smelling pilot light??

    Hi everyone, Unusual question for you but a bit concerned. We have an old Baxi back gas boiler with 70's gas fire on the front. We were looking after someone's dog, and it kept looking at the fire (Lol! The ugly thing probably scared it!) Anyway, it slowly walked up to about 2 foot infront of...
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    Permanent Pilot Light - Safety Issue

    I wonder if anyone could give me some advice. I recently had my home gas boiler serviced and this was carried out satisfactorily as far as I know. (I was at work but my wife was present). The boiler is in the kitchen and my wife asked the men to check for any gas leaks in the kitchen as she...
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    Pilot light and open windows

    Hi, We have a gas back boiler with fire on the front. Now the weather is better we have the windows open for most of the day. There are two large windows both on the opposite wall to the fireplace. We keep the pilot light on all the time as we heat the water up with the gas as we've been told...
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    worcester junior pilot light keaps going on and off continously

    hi all. ive got a worcester junior boiler model 28i and for some reason when i turn the hot water on the light next to the flame symbol should stay on but for some reason it comes on for a few seconds then off then on again and so on. the water that comes out is just warm where it is usually...
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    Potterton Puma 80e - pilot light won't light

    Hello everyone, I've been reading some of the other threads on this forum and the advice seems really good so hopefully someone knows how to solve my problem... I came home from work today and although the display on my boiler is on, the pilot light has gone out and won't re-ignite. I've tried...
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    Potterton 80 NG intermittant problems - Plea for help !!!

    Hi, Thanks for taking your time to read my plea for help (it’s a bit long)! My boiler a 12 year old Potterton Profile 80 NG seems to be playing around. Just to put you in the picture here is my current set up (a novice description) Boiler Potterton 80 NG Santon PremierPlus PP170E...
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    Lukewarm water being produced by boiler

    Hi, im looking for some advice in relation to my boiler!! Weve been in our current home for 5 years. The house had a brand new boiler fitted and wd have never had any issues until recently. A few weeks ago we noticed the temp of our baths was getting cooler, to the point where the majority of...
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