Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: pilot light out? Message-ID: <8958@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 15:23:51 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8958 Posted: Tue Mar 5 15:23:51 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:54:03 EST References: <767@amdcad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 8 > 1) How could this happen? Would a power failure have anything to > do with it? Got me. > 2) How did it know the pilot was out? > There is generally some thermostatic thing that shuts the gas off to when the pilot is not lit. That's why when you relight the pilot, you've got to push down on that little knob for a few seconds while it warms up.