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Old 10-16-2023, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by village dreamer View Post
sounds like your thermocouple has a thermal fuse. its made to burn out and stop main burner from coming on. sometimes water heaters,the inside vent line [shaped like a donut] will crush and wont vent the hot gass out and the main burner will come on and burn the thermal fuse. need new water heater.
Fortunately the OP heeded the advise on this forum and replaced the thermocouple which repaired his WH.

I have never heard of a thermal fuse on a gas WH. Neither has Google.

GAS WH not ELECTRIC
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