Slide the provided spade connectors onto the stripped ends of the wires in the gas fireplace control panel.
Gas fireplace switch wiring.
The thermopile in your fireplace puts out millivolts nothing near the 120v the light switch was designed for.
A wiring diagram is a simplified traditional pictorial representation of an electric circuit.
Slide the spade connectors onto the spade terminals on the back of the switch in the control panel or connect them directly to the pigtail wires if installed.
Assortment of gas fireplace wiring diagram.
All the switch is doing is making or breaking a connection it is not wired up to standard 110 volts.
If the fireplace is a 120v control then in most cases you will need a neutral.
It shows the parts of the circuit as streamlined shapes and also the power and signal links in between the devices.
Crimp the connectors securely to the wires.
It s probably just a matter of finding a switch with a low enough on resistance.
On the gas fireplaces i have installed the on off switch was a millivolt contact.