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		amluto 50 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Small Engines It’s extremely common for the mechanism that only allows the fuel to be turned on if the pilot is lit to work by having a thermocouple in the pilot flame. Some of these also power the controls (thermostat, for example) and some don’t.

throwway120385 50 days ago [–]

Yeah blowing yourself up with a gas leak is common enough when you're working on these systems that it's pretty important to have an interlock there.

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