I'm trying to make my gas water heater into a CO2 generator that can be controlled electronically instead of by water temperature.
Sadly, I already fucked it up. Basically, this is the heart of a gas water heater:
http://www.comfortgurus.com/product_info.php/products_id/7140
You have 3 things that screw into the bottom, a burner, a thermocouple and a can line for the pilot light. The three things together look like this:
http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pages/WHRpages/English/Troubleshooting/lingopages/thermocouple.html
On the side of the main unit, is the gas intake, and on the back are two wires and a metal piece that screws into the take and senses the temperature. To take it apart, you need to take the three parts off the bottom, then unscrew the controller. Rather than do that, I just snapped the temperature sensor off the back of the controller.
What I'm left with is a unit that will light the pilot but not fire the burner. It has weird headed screws, which I might try to drill out, but I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get this to light.
Sadly, I already fucked it up. Basically, this is the heart of a gas water heater:
http://www.comfortgurus.com/product_info.php/products_id/7140
You have 3 things that screw into the bottom, a burner, a thermocouple and a can line for the pilot light. The three things together look like this:
http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pages/WHRpages/English/Troubleshooting/lingopages/thermocouple.html
On the side of the main unit, is the gas intake, and on the back are two wires and a metal piece that screws into the take and senses the temperature. To take it apart, you need to take the three parts off the bottom, then unscrew the controller. Rather than do that, I just snapped the temperature sensor off the back of the controller.
What I'm left with is a unit that will light the pilot but not fire the burner. It has weird headed screws, which I might try to drill out, but I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get this to light.
