# Water heater pilot light won't stay lit.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heater-pilot-light-wont-stay-lit/845900>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heater-pilot-light-wont-stay-lit/845900 "2020-01-03T20:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heater-pilot-light-wont-stay-lit/845900/21 "2020-01-08T00:04:08Z")

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> [@jnglmassiv](#):
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> 17 years is a really good run. My own water heater is nearing 10 and has really been thumping lately. I may have to have it replaced early just to end the annoyance.

Mine is 24 years old and has thumped noticeable for about 2 years. Is not that just a celebrating it’s passage from childhood to adolescence for water tanks.

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