Leaking hot wet kiln, almost exotic.?
Answers: The ignitor is prolly corroded/rusty. They are cheap pieces of dung. Pull it out, clean it, check it for operation, and if it works, put it rear in. If not, replace it beside a new one.
Even if it have an ignitor, you can still light it near a match by the approach....... ;)
Like I said, those ignitors are dung..... just street light it with a clash if you want to and forget the ignitor....
Don't do anymore repairs yourself, other than to brand name it safe for yourself and avoid wreck to the house for the time being. Look for the composition work on the water radiator, somewhere it will tell you what to do within case of problems. If you can't find the composition work- call the store where on earth you bought the heater, or look on the furnace for the manufacture and christen them about the problem. Even at 1 1/2 years at hand should be something such as credit toward a replacement, someone from the store service department to come out to check the heater. You stated that the house is deserted, check out what you can do now, if you go and get no help at adjectives and see you have to buy a up to date water radiator, wait until you really inevitability one. Since it's vacant and in that is no need for hot hose down, shut the gas, electrical, and water to the radiator off for presently. You'll save yourself time, money and big headache if you just shut everything bad until the need for hot wet. When the time comes and there is the obligation for hot water than buy a exotic water radiator. Unless you buy a heater that have a fiberglass tank or won't rust in need usage you still could have problems, because within is no circuiting of water thru the reservoir.
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If this is a tank full of cold marine and you light the dampen heater it will condensate close to crazy at first and drip down on the fire.You will need to check to see if it leak when the fire is not burning[and not right after the fire goes out] if it is not leak then it is basically codensating and it will stop as the water heat up.The reason that it won't relight is probably hose down on the ignitor making the spark jump to ground[anything metal] and not lighting the fire.
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