Hello all!! Is it dangerous to..

[DJRam]

Hi all..new on here and new to a lot of things DIY.

I have a funky question for you;

I have a problem with my boiler.
It seems to be located in the honeywell gas valve unit.
Basically, when you hold the green square button in (to feed in gas to light the pilot) the pilot stays lit.

But it immediately shuts off soon as you take your finger off.

How dangerous would it be to wedge the square in for half hour or so just to have a bath??

Now, the earliest I can get the part (valve) is gonna' be at least monday.
I have had no water or heating for best part of two weeks.

What do you lot think?

 

[petit_pablo]

By wedging the pilot down you are bypassing a safety feature of the gas valve.

Sounds more like it needs a new thermocouple than the GV. What boiler is this?

 

[kirkgas]

i'm not sure whether to reply to this and then get the p**s ripped for falling for such a wind up, BUT there are scary people out there so it could be true, at the risk of being "caught" againt someone messing with a gas valve with so little knowledge i will risk it, DO NOT MESS, it won't work to light the boiler anyway as when working properly once the pilot is lit you need to fully release the button to allow the gas to light, IF you jam it to try it and the pilot does go out you could have gas passing through unlit which is very dangerous, boil the kettle fill the sink, have a wash and wait to monday.

 

[Terrywookfit]

Sounds like a wind up to me.

If the green button is wedged in no gas will be released to burner!!

 

[kirkgas]

i was in so much of a hurry to post to leave alone i forgot to say that it was probably the thermocouple rather than the valve,

 

[doitall]

Sounds like a wind up to me.

If the green button is wedged in no gas will be released to burner!!

Well spotted Terry perhaps he was thinking the pilot would heat the water before Monday

 

[Softus]

I have had no water or heating for best part of two weeks.

You lack of washing facilities seems to be affecting your sense of humour.

 

[clf-gas]

Apart from what Terry rightly says, wedging the button in wont give you gas to main burner. The V4700e fails nine out of ten times on the FFD in the valve as apposed to the thermocouple.
Do as some of us did as young'uns, fill the bath with pans and experience hardship not a loss of life

 

[Agile]

Now, the earliest I can get the part (valve) is gonna' be at least monday.
I have had no water or heating for best part of two weeks.

What do you lot think?

I think that you are decidedly odd to wait TWO WEEKS and then suggest bypassing a safety device ( which would not work anyway! )

Tony