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Dude, the forum topic is "Professional & DIY Plumbing Forum" Nobody wants to come to a DIY forum to be told to go hire a professional. If your going to interject with your professional opinion, then do so, instead of posting a comment that provides no value. I can go find people who don't...

I did that too, but ultimately it was replacing the entire pilot assembly that did the trick until the thing started leaking. You could also bypass the factory thermocouple with a generic from Home Depot, but again, your also bypassing some security features. I tested mine probably 50x...

Mine was still under warranty, check your serial on the websites tool. I did not purchase a new water heater, it was replaced under warranty because it was leaking from a non serviceable part. I had to pay a plumber to do it, because State requires a licensed plumber to do the swap at the...

I will say that other than leaking, it did work fine up until I finally got sick of it leaking, it would leak for about 2-3 weeks when the seasons changed, or if there was a dramatic temp fluctuation. I had it replaced just a couple months ago, so the mechanical repairs did seem to have held.

No, it's not. After having replaced everything the stupid POS started leaking from who knows where anytime there was a significant weather change (seasons). Had two plumbers out, both said it seemed to be leaking from inside somewhere. I ended up having it warrantied for a newer model...

I think I am good now, been 4 days now and I have an no issues.

27 hours and holding with the new pilot assembly.

Here are some pics, just in case this helps anyone. Here are the tools I made to clean the filter, PVC for the inside and copper for underneath. I had everything laying around, so I made the PVC for inside thinking it would have more airflow to suck the dirt out. This is exactly...

Replaced the pilot assembly last night, to my surprise it was delivered yesterday. Been up and running for some 14 hours when I left the house this morning through multiple cycles and 2 showers this morning. See how things go. See my responses in blue below

So I obviously had a combination of problems, because I am still having issues. State is sending me a pilot assembly, on the 13th when they get back in stock. Pretty bad that I have to wait 2 weeks for it to even get shipped. After replacing the valve, and having it work for 12 hours I went...

So far so good, it lit on the first try and its heating up the tank. I will report back later, let everyone know if it stays lit. Cant wait for a real shower.

I was under the impression from my research that they were made almost identically, but I have done a lot of reading, so I cannot be sure.

I will say, they are awesome about the warranty. I have no documentation, no receipts nothing. Going to a supply house on Monday to exchange it for free. Hard to beat that on a 5 year old water heater.

I've read this series of water heaters by State and AO were terribly designed. I clean out everything, blew out the pilot tubing, cleaned out all the debris. Even lifted up the baffle on the bottom so I could fully access the top of the disc to clean it from both sides. Blew through the pilot...

Filter is clean, its not getting any cleaner, guaranteed. I cleaned it from the inside and the outside, combustion chamber is completely clean too. When I started this whole thing thing the pilot would always light, even before I cleaned anything, the filter being dirty should not keep the...

Could it be the pilot assembly, or would the valve be a better guess?

Subscribing, sry

Model Select State Series 200/201 High Efficiency GS6 50 YOCT 2007 (This was in the house when we bought it 4 years ago, so I have no documentation) Been having an issue where the pilot would go out after heating the tank, pretty much just like this guy...