Checking Your Hot Water Heater Pilot Light
Checking and lighting the pilot light on your hot water heater is actually a pretty simple thing to do. If you’ve never done it before, though, it might take a little while to figure out exactly what to do.
The video below is by Chris Spannagel, a certified plumber. If you have never checked or lit a pilot light before, then this is a great tutorial on how to do it. There is a little more information on the video than you probably will need to know; nonetheless, Chris is quite thorough in explaining and showing everything you would need to know for troubleshooting your water heater pilot light.