• tone212_
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    1 month ago

    Yay! Pilot light - if it’s like my old gas water heater, there’s a ignition button you push a few times and hold once you hear gas, then watch for the flame to appear underneath and continue to hold the button for a bit, then release.

    Also account for the time for the water to heat up, so maybe do this 24 hours before you need hot water.

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      1 month ago

      My old water heater used about 16 matches and a complicated pattern of pressing and releasing the gas button. It never occured to me new ones would self light.

      It is an instantaneous heater, so no waiting required.