Empire R-3624 - Natural Gas Pilot Assembly with Thermopile and Thermocouple

This was a perfect, exact replacement part for our 10 year old assembly. Remove the old part. (You will reuse the little shield around it by pulling it down and wiggling it) Installation was just the reverse of removal. Easy-peasy.A couple of tips from my install: 1.) Take a picture of everything (old assembly, wiring locations, etc.) before you begin disassembly so you can reassemble correctly. 2.) A headlamp really helps put light where you need it in the dark fireplace. 3.) The black wire coming off the bottom of the ceramic base of thermopile just pulls off and pushes back on the new part. 4.). The two Phillips head mounting screws are tough to access and unscrew, and also take a surprising amount of resistance to reinstall.

After cleaning and Checking the old thermal couple I ordered this assembly and it did the same thing the old one did, not keep the pilot light lite when switching the pilot to on. It is a quality part replacement but I will have to check my gas pressure.

On my heater the thermopile went bad and the igniter never worked since I owned the house. I had to take the heater apart whenever I wanted to light the pilot. The thermocouple still worked but had 22 years on it. All three parts are permanently connected to one bracket so it was the best way for me to make sure I have a reliable heats source for many more years

The old one was dead. This one works perfectly for me!

This was very easy to assemble overall, with relatively clear instructions. I had to drill out the mounting holes slightly since they were a bit smaller than those in the unit being replaced. Other than that it was straightforward and the fireplace works perfectly!

the gas pilot assembly arrived very quickly and is an almost exact replica of the faulty assembly I removed from my vent free gas log fireplace. installation was quick and easy and i was able to get the fire burning in no time.

The media could not be loaded.  Needed for our gas fire logs.Worked perfectly

decent product a little pricy wont last nore than 1-2 years with bi-weekly use