At 06:27 PM 8/10/2009, Mike S wrote: >The trick is to use one of those long fireplace lighters, and hold >it so the flame is where the pilot would be, heating up the safety >sensor. Once that's hot, you can turn the valve to "on," and gas >will flow at full speed. Only takes a few seconds that way. Clever man! Wish I'd thought of that. Wouldn't have worked on this one without some serious disassembly, though. Got some sort of anti-flashback setup, everything is shrouded, air intake through a mesh "filter," pilot only (faintly) visible through a little glass window buried down inside, sorta like our fridges except not nearly so visible. I guess it's a good idea, but I bet the service types hate it. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" |
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