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Subject:Re: Some potentially stupid actions
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:58:27 -0400
At 08:39 AM 11/5/2010  -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>Sure, there is a thermocouple, and it works.  If it fails, most
>likely it will fail to keep the valve at the flame open, rather than
>the other way around.

If the thermocouple fails the valve is guaranteed to close.  It's
practically a miracle that it can hold the valve open at all.

Yours,
David