Water Heater Ignitor keeps ticking while burner on.

[stopngo]

Tick Tick Tick Tick............. Hm?

Help!!! Please

[Elandan2]

Try cleaning the flame sensor.  Sometimes they get buildup on them and are not sensing the flame so the ignitor keeps trying to light the burner.

[stopngo]

Thank you........will do. Great and helpful site this is.

[Rickf1985]

The flame sensor should shut off the gas after several seconds if it does not sense a flame. Try cleaning it but I don't think that is the problem. Sounds more like a board issue.

[stopngo]

Sounds more like a board issue.

And probably cost prohibitive huh?

[Rickf1985]

I noticed late that you are working on a water heater now. They are pretty much all mechanical with no electronic that I know of. If it is electronic then the Dinosaur boards are nOt all that bad.

[zaa]

I recently struggled with this, I tried a new flame sensor, cleaning all grounds, connections, to no avail. I ended up ordering a Dinosaur board, and the problem is gone entirely. I paid around $90 including shipping.