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Loud pilot light? (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
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New house, 1940s, natural gas fireplace insert. The pilot light makes a high pitch hiss.

Sometimes it doesn't, for moments, but mostly it does it all the time.

In this video I've turned the knob back past pilot and towards off, I can make it stop.

Is this dangerous?

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I'll add, as I just fixed this at my parent's house, if you get it opened up, an old toothbrush to scrub the end of the pilot gas line helps here too. Just be careful not to move the sparker.

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