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Re: [VAL] Glyn's Water Heater



    Gary,

    Been there, done th............

    I did that very thing a few days ago when starting this project.  I must
be a slow learner because that action brought back a flood of memories of
doing the same thing lying on the basement floor with a match in one hand, a
finger of my other hand on the (partially depressed) big red button and a
small flashlight held in my teeth until the match burned my finger tips and
had not yet lit the dam#%* pilot light!!

    Oh, so the flashlight can also be used to see if the red knob is turned
enough before trying to light the pilot?  And here I thought its only
purpose was to illuminate the darkest reaches of that big black hole where
all the little pipes disappear into.

    Grins,

    Glyn