I recently turned off my pilot light for my furnace, thinking that because it was summer I wouldn't need it. Then, the next day, my air conditioning quit working. Are the two things related?
2006-08-20 07:10:06 · 12 answers · asked by Melikka 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If they both run on gas yes. The pilot light keeps it working.
2006-08-20 07:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by angeldolls4u 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I could not help laughing. I am a heating and cooling professional. In fact I teach heating and cooling for Vatterott College in Saint Louis.
The purpose of the pilot light is to ignite the main burner on the furnace, only when there is a call for heat. There is a lot of debate as to whether or not you should keep it lit. Obviously turning it off during the summer months does lower your gas bill. I would guess you will save an average of 25 to 30 cents per month. I favor leaving it lit. For one thing it will produce enough heat to keep condensate from forming on the inside of your heat exchanger and causing it to rust, secondly you will not have to relight it every Fall.
The fact that your air conditioner stopped working was nothing more than a coincidence. A heating system and an air conditioning system are two seperate systems. The only thing they share is the blower, the duct work, and the transformer.
2006-08-20 07:50:09 · answer #2 · answered by dont_call_me_sweet_pea 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You want to keep your pilot lights lit. They do not make a substantial change in the temperature, but it is much safer to keep them lit because they burn natural gas, or whatever gas source you use. Turning them off will only release all that natural gas into the air, which probably burned your air conditioner out from consuming the flammable gas through the intake. Again, there is no temperature change with the pilots lit, but with them out the natural gas is released into the air, which could light the house on fire instantaneously when you turn on your stove or oven or something, or suffocate you from lack of oxygen. I hope that I helped, and be safe!
2006-08-20 07:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, The fact that your air conditioner stopped working is just a coincidence. A heating system and an air conditioning system are two separate systems. The only thing they share is the thermostat, blower, duct work, and transformer.
2006-08-20 08:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by Papa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO
you really dont need too, but if you would like too conserve a lil bit of enrgy it is perfectly safe to do so.
make sure the adjustment for the gas is turned all the way off.
2006-08-20 08:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mypilot
2016-10-16 09:14:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assumed the pilot light has to do exclusevly with the heat only.
2006-08-20 07:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
On most systems there is no connection.
There are systems that use the gas to create cooling.
2006-08-20 23:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
relight it to see if the air goes back on. it should not have any effect .
2006-08-20 07:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by zocko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no theyre both completely independant systems.
2006-08-20 07:17:36 · answer #10 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋