Detecting pilot light failure

Well, it happened...first time it got me but it has happened on occasion prior...

Have small gas stove in well house for the obvious reason and didn't think to check for certain the other night but after was -17F overnight and it was obviously out and froze up, was wondering if could be a relatively simple way to get a signal that could use to alarm with?

It's a walk that isn't always the direction from which am coming that have to make a specific trip out there to check as is...a red LED in the window or the like would be helpful to avoid unneeded trips or to notify if out. Can, for example, see that window from house; a red light out there after dark would be quite effective and easily spotted...

As a side note I replaced the old "wild" pilot with a safety valve and new pilot assembly to hold the thermocouple a couple of years ago. This pilot seems much more susceptible to going out than the previous albeit with the safety factor of shutting off the gas when it is that the other didn't have...but, freezing up isn't a good option, either, if it does; took me most of day to get it thawed out given the temperatures reached...

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dpb
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How about a battery-powered remote thermometer?

For example:

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Neill Massello

How about a smartphone app and temp sensor?

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Reply to
trader_4

No smartphone, maybe? :) But, a good idea otherwise...

The other poster on temp got me thinking to use temperature itself rather than trying to directly monitor the pilot light as was thinking and found a

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dpb

Leave the light running all the time to show things are fine. If the light goes out, temp has dropped or the power has failed.

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Taxed and Spent

On 12/20/2016 10:02 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote: ...

The power outage at the moment defeats the system, granted...still have then to check manually unless were to run a battery backup and it's not frequent enough to make that worth the effort, probably, 'cuz then have to keep the battery charged/replaced.

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dpb

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