There is not a vacation setting on the gas water heater.
Water heater pilot mode. The vacation mode setting allows you to quickly and easily lower the temperature of the water in your water heater. We are now ready to manually light the pilot. This will start the flow of gas so you can light the flame.
Turn the gas supply off. But on many water heaters, pilot is a label on a different control. It is possible that the.
The pilot will not keep the water tank anywhere near operating. Simply take your long utility lighter, activate the flame on the lighter, and stick it down next to the pilot. Steps to relight the pilot light.
Just turn the heater off. Don’t set the heater to “pilot”. It has a temp control that goes from warm to hotter and then another control for on, pilot and off.
Turn the switch to light the pilot and watch the pilot light and the pilot flame. Some water heaters have a separate button for pilot mode, usually a. Vacation mode is a special setting on the water heater system that enables you to run the water heater’s boiler at lower temperatures than usual, resulting in energy savings.
Then, set the control and water temperature knobs to the “pilot mode.”. The pilot light is seen. Why burn the pilot for 3 weeks?