Do Goodman Furnaces Have Pilot Lights

I have a heil 5000 gas furnace.

Do goodman furnaces have pilot lights.

Water heaters gas fireplaces and old gas stoves also often have similar pilot lights. When starting it gets all the way to the igniter lighting the pilot light but not realizing that it is lit. Its not blinking matthew. It requires a pilot light to be lit 24 7.

Standing pilot is an older way of igniting a furnace. If there is a pilot light which would be a gas flame that s always burning waiting for the thermostat to call for heat. Most furnaces today don t h. In reality pilot lights are largely a thing of the past for gas powered furnaces as well as for most other gas burning appliances such as stoves and water heaters today s furnaces ignite the gas through different technologies known collectively as electronic ignition systems.

If you have an older gas furnace your heating unit relies on a little blue flame known as a pilot light to ensure ignition of the burners. When heat is called for the gas valve opens and the pilot light lights the main furnace burners. Some older versions may be spark ignition but still no pilot. Gas furnaces now come with an igniter that works electronically to light the gas and heat the home.

Do this for me. The small burning flame from the pilot light lights the main burners. If you can see what that led is blinking it may direct us to the problem. Furnace pilot light troubleshooting.

Any gas furnace uses a pilot light to trigger the burners to heat your home. Instead the pilot light only comes on when it needs to. If the pilot light goes out the furnace or water heater will not work. I don t believe any standing pilot furnaces have this peep hole so there is no pilot to light your system just isn t working properly.

There are two basic types of electronic igniters in modern furnaces. Unless you have a furnace dating 35years or more no. Sometimes it is referred to as a safety pilot. Hot surface igniters and intermittent pilots.

If your furnace has a round knob on the gas valve with the words off on pilot you have what s known as a standing. The pilot light is a small flame that is either lit manually and remains burning. When the main burner extinguishes the pilot light. They have hsis hot surface ignitors.

Does your blower run the circulating one that pushes air into the home. Then after it is lit for a few minutes the pilot light sh read more. Intermittent pilots still use a pilot light however it isn t a standing pilot light that remains on all the time to ignite the burner whenever the gas turns on. There s no pilot light.