How To Turn Off Water Heater Pilot Light. This one is hard to understand for me and the home owner. Goettl air conditioning & plumbing.
Take the panels of the water heater so you can reach the pilot light wherever it is located. Turn off the water heater…? The pilot light is the small flame fueled and lit by a gas burner at the base of your water heater.
Remove the burner access covers and unscrew the nuts on the gas, pilot and thermocouple lines.
I've turned my water heater to pilot, come home from vacation and turned the control off pilot and whoosh, the burner comes on. It’s easy to turn your water heater pilot back on. If there is no release of any combustion agent, the pilot light will fail to start. Not all water heaters have this button though.