CHIT,,,I gots another puzzler,,,,

 My hot water heater went out last Tuesday and I went out and relit it and it started with no issues,,,I thought,,,, that night it went out again, so I go to relight and the PILOT  will NOT light so burner won't light  either,,, Tried several times but NO Dice,,!I call Rheem as heater still has 3 years left on warranty and they had me run some tests and determine the ignitor is bad,,? She told me they could send me a new ignitor for $28 as ignitor not covered under warrantee OR, she can send me a NEW Gas Control Valve WITH a new ignitor for FREE as CV IS under warrantee and if I want express 2 day shipping by FEDEX for $30,,,,SO as my momma did not raise any fools I told em to send fastest way possible. I got the new CV that very next day!!!! FEDEX is amazing,,is all I can say!! I installed the new CV and had to light it 3 times before PILOT would stay lit,,finally get it lit and raise water temp and big burner came on , waited 3 mins and then adjusted the heat to HOT. As I was re-installing the covers and all,,,the frigging main burner went out!!

 IThis SAME thing happened several times as main burner would not stay lit for more than 3 minutes!! So I call RHEEM again and she had me do some more tests on the TRD but that was OK!  She checks with their tech dept and she says the thermocouple on main burner "may be" bad,,,,???  Remember this is the brand NEW CV they just sent me,,

 My thoughts now is maybe a blockage in the propane line to heater,,??  !! Maybe even the gas shut off valve,,,?? I checked the propane tank and it has 55% full,,,,WTF,,,??  The info tag on the water heater says it needs  11.2 to 12.6 on 14"WC   ????

 All Right JW,,,that's enough,,,,

if the pilot dont light, your out of gas.

Yea, that screen is made to not let gas through it... unreal. Gotta have the screans absolute clean for air to flow...

 Ever see the lint screen in a dryer so plugged up that it will pool water in a clean looking lint screen? about the same principle on the draft screen. It has to be absolute clean to let air through.

  Some of the high energy efficient appliances have an ignitor that glows to start the flame... and it has to have draft fan blowing or it won't light... if it is one of them, there again, gotta have everything clean, even that igniter since it acts as a sensor after the burner starts.

ummmm...

thinking outside the box.....

any chance you got and installed a NATURAL GAS  valve shipped to you and not a PROPANE one ???

I know they ain't the same inside even though they look the same outside...

Yeah, JC,,that was step #3 ,,their service techs had me go thru a "procedure on what they call the TRD  which monitors the amount of "air" available to the pilot and burner and I had to remove the burner assy and there is a tiny glass filled chingas with some black colored fluid and if the compartrment has the air intake blocked in the least amount,,,it will sshut off the gas flow,,,after all that work,,the TRD was OK,,,whew!! SO, now the techs are saying it is the thermocouple and I agree, so they are hot shotting me a new TC,,,I tell you,,trying to clean your ,,,ahem,,,,never mind,,,, The new TC susspossed to be here tamarrow,,,,wish me luck,,,,

 Hey Jay,,,I don;t think so,, as the issue started wwith the original gas control valve so issue has been there and I agree with ole Steve and their techs in the TC,,cause it just makes sense when you throw out all the "possibles" only'ist thing left IS the TC,,,,?

My son bought a new water heater and had it warranted because it would not stay lit. Only when the second one gave a problem did I remember the pig tail failure 20 years before. But his problems went away with the replacement of the copper tubing. He had a heck of time getting a propane company to sell him the tube, as they want to get payed for a service call as it could leak and blow up. Two that where more handy than the company the generally has the best gas price refused. So I called and promised I had screwed a gas line together before and they sold us the tube. 

  Shameless,,,,WHAT A GREAT IDEA,,,,!!! UMMmm,,,,UMMmmmmm,,,Shameless,,,You reckon I might oughta put some water in the bag,,,"First",,,,?