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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: pilot light out?
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 15:23:51 EST
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> 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.