How to check the furnace gas valve with a multimeter step 1.
Test furnace gas valve.
Some gas valves cannot be checked with an ohmm.
This one covers a simple way to find out if the gas valve is being energized on the newer gas furnaces.
This one shows how to do a voltmeter check of the gas valve.
Locate the gas valve.
This video is part of the heating and cooling series.
I will be checking various gas valves to see if you can check the continuity of the solenoid with an ohmmeter.
Have an assistant plug in the appliance and turn on the gas feed valve.
Locate the gas valve mechanism which looks like a small metal device that has two coils attached to it.
Sweep out any hair lint and foreign debris with a feather duster.
Turn off the furnace at the wall control.
This video is part of the heating and cooling series of training videos made to accompany my web.
Pull the wires off.