Pilot assembly – L.B. White 100 Workman - Standard LP User Manual

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PILOT ASSEMBLY

1. Shut off gas supply to heater.

2. Let the heater cool down.

3. Remove screws that secure barrel assembly to base

of heater.

4. Remove barrel assembly from base, exposing burner

and pilot assembly.

5. The pilot orifice and thermocouple are located at the

burner. Refer to the following to remove these

components for servicing.

A. Pilot O

Orifice

(See Fig. 4)

1. Remove thermocouple from bracket.

2. Remove wire from igniter.

3. Remove screws that hold burner head to base of

heater.

4. Slide burner head off of base to expose pilot

orifice.

5. Hold the hex-shaped connector at the pilot orifice

inlet in place with an appropriate wrench while

using another wrench to loosen the pilot orifice.

6. Reassemble by reversing above steps.

B. Thermocouple

(See Fig. 4)

1. Pull back sharply on the thermocouple’s lead or

its body. It will then pop out of its mounting hole.

2. Loosen the lead connector nut threaded into the

power unit on the pilot safety gas control valve and

slide thermocouple through bushing on back of

heater to remove.

3. To assemble, reverse above procedure.

ATTENTION

The pilot orifice hole is drilled to a specific diameter to

match the fuel and gas pressure being used.

Do not push sharp instruments into the orifice holes.

Clean the orifice only with compressed air, a soft brush

or dry rag. If necessary, replace the pilot orifice.

Do not use a pliers to remove the pilot orifice from its

gas supply line.

Doing so may round off the hex sides of the orifice,

making for difficult servicing later on. Always use a

wrench.

ATTENTION

The thermocouple has a push-in mounting clip. Make

sure on reassembly that the thermocouple is completely

pushed into its bracket. Failure to do so may cause pilot

outage problems.

When threading the thermocouple’s connector nut back

into the power unit on the gas control valve, thread the

nut in finger tight and snug it in place with a wrench.

DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN OR USE UNNECESSARY FORCE

ON THE NUT WHEN TIGHTENING. Doing so will destroy

the power unit in the gas control valve.

Do not use a pliers when removing or replacing the

connector nut.

Doing so will round off the hex, making servicing

difficult later on. Always use the appropriate size

wrench.

PILOT ORIFICE

THERMOCOUPLE

BURNER

BURNER ORIFICE

ELECTRODE

Fig. 4

ELECTRODE ON CENTER

LINE OF PILOT ORIFICE

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