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Originally Posted by Toymeister
With all respect I wonder why you had a plumber out when so many of us told you what the problem was? You did come to this thread seeking opinions. Frankly when so many on this forum agree it's close to miraculous.
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There are reasons for everything. Primarily, given the encouragement from the TOTV forum, I expected a cheap professional repair in a situation where my wife was conducting a garage sale for two days rather than me causing her to cancel the garage sale due to me working on a hot water heater where I had no experience.
My shock came when two technicians arrived and talked $500 repair or better yet a new $1250 water heater. When I mentioned thermcouple replacement , they said much more was involved. At that point I decided that I would pursue the item myself based upon TOTV and a nearby friend who had just experienced a similar situation.
Anyway replaced the Pilot assembly which was $32 from AMAZON and it included Themocouple, Pilot gas line and Line for the spark.
Unit now working fine.