So I have a new AO Smith hot water boiler that’s only been in use for around 6 months. It’s located inside the mechanical room where the room temperature tends to be warmer than it is in living space.

The dilemma here is that the pilot light goes out every few days and when it does I’m force to reignite it everytime. My guess is that water drops from condensation is what’s causing the pilot to go out. I have this hunch because everytime I reignite my boiler i can hear the drops fall onto the flame.

This has started since day one…has anyone got a clue what I can do to fix this? I only assume this won’t happen in the summer, but then I could be wrong.


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