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Subject:Re: Fridge burner LED
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:31:43 -0400

>One thing to consider is that a thermocouple's output is directly related to
>its temperature.  You may be able to relocate it so that it is in a hotter
>part of the flame to increase the brightness of the LED.  Different areas of
>the flame will be hotter than others.  You may even be able to test it with
>a propane torch to determine the "sweet spot".  Have not needed to try it,
>just food for thought.

It's a tiny little flame, Mark -- about like a good healthy pilot flame for
a furnace or water heater.  And the pilot flame is so soft you wonder that
it stays lit -- there's no separate pilot, they just turn down the gas on
the main until it's just barely burning.  The thermocouple is offset
horizontally roughly to the edge of the burner itself, and I don't think
you can move it.  It's in the main flame, but noticeably above the pilot.

david

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