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Nail me to the floor ? In the same way that he puts his pipes in ? And thank you Dan for your concern as to my hobbies and pastimes. I do have some... many in fact, but I must say that of all the dating sites I've been on, this is the worst. I'm going off now to humpquick.com. It's been...

Thanks for making the first sensible contribution. There is the possibility that I disturbed the pilot during the operation, however the size and shape of the the flame before and after the change were more or less identical. The TC was relatively new and sitting well in the flame before the...

Please advise what is the correct voltage for a TC. Using high impedance DVM (input impedance 10Mohm) the output I was getting was between 15 and 25 mV. Tests on a Maclaren for this boiler showed it would hold above 10mV, with a current of around 300ma. If you think these are widely off the...

Apologies if the point of the post was not made clearer. It was to state that before condemning the TC (Thermocouple) it may be worth looking at the spark electrode (device designed to discharge a high voltage and ignite the the pilot light) to see if it is worn (I'm sure you can work that one...

Pilot light was going out every month or so, so the immediate assumption was the TC. However before changing this, I had a look at the spark electrode. After 30 years of it sitting in the pilot light a lot of it had corroded. It should loop over and present itself about 5mm from TC but mine...