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Originally Posted by glatt
Makes me wonder exactly how gas appliances work. Do modern ones only open the gas valves when certain ignition temperatures are confirmed? I know my oven works that way, but my 70 year old furnace doesn't. How about water heaters? Is there some sort of pilot light confirmation system?
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Turns out that I was wrong. Our 1946 boiler has a thermocouple in the pilot light.
And! There is a cute little wolf spider down there that's hunting camel crickets. I tried to capture the reflection of his eyes, but it didn't come out so well. You can see it a little bit.
