<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Not to insult anyone’s intelligence, but before replacing it, make certain it is properly in the pilot light flame. I had this happen years ago on a water heater and it drove me crazy until I bent it slightly to move it back into the flame. It was fine from then on.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 22, 2022, at 5:51 PM, Pat Horne <<a href="mailto:patintexas@icloud.com" class="">patintexas@icloud.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Sounds like a bad thermocouple to me. Take it out & find someone who can test it. If they say it’s bad, replace it, if they say it’s good, it is probably good. I had one decades ago that tested good but wouldn’t work with the pilot flame. The end @ the pilot should not be corroded or loose. If you have a voltmeter you can do a rough (no load test) to see if it’s bad. Should be plenty of videos on line. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peace,</div><div class="">Pat<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Pat Horne <div class="">We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Oct 22, 2022, at 4:44 PM, john <<a href="mailto:jniolon@att.net" class="">jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001" class="">
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">Winter's coming...thought I'd light the pilot and be ahead of that first cold day...</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font> </div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">Pressed in the pilot button... propane torch up the hole... after a few seconds the pilot lit</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">Held the button for 30 seconds and let it go...flame goes out</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font> </div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">lowered the pilot assembly to see what happens ...same drill</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font> </div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">pilot lights.... then goes out when releasing the pilot button... </font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">flame is on the thermocouple</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font> </div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">what you think >>> bad thermocouple ???</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font> </div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">thanks</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">john</font></div><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" class="">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a></span><br class=""><span class="">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br class=""><span class="">Suggested annual donation $12.96</span><br class=""><span class="">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/patintexas@icloud.com" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/patintexas@icloud.com</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" class="">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br class="">Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br class="">Suggested annual donation $12.96<br class="">Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive<br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/1789alpine@gmail.com<br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>