Just "guessing" here... but Yes, the wind we've been having could easily "suck out" a standing pilot light... but more likely, your thermocouple is on it's last legs.
As to your statement: > You may > or may not know of the natural gas end of the peak oil issue. Some are > worried that as natural gas wells lose pressure, so do the lines coming > into our houses I don't have a clue what you are talking about.. Natural gas lines, in the street are under considerably more pressure than the lines in your house. Hence, the regulator near the meter, at your house. Fluctuation in the main line pressure shouldn't effect your inside gas line pressure unless it drops to near zero in the main line. I cannot speak for Reno, but I am familiar with Northwest Natural Gas operation in and around Portland Oregon. The gas reserves up there are kept under TREMEMDOUS pressure, and stepped down many times on the way to a consumer's inside lines... - jim On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:19:32 -0700 Anna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > This couldn't be more off topic. sorry. just for fun though, I'm > looking for evidence of the looming natural gas implosion. ;) You may > or may not know of the natural gas end of the peak oil issue. Some are > worried that as natural gas wells lose pressure, so do the lines coming > into our houses... which will, on older appliances, cause pilot lights > to go out, and maybe on some really old appliances, potentially cause > gas leaks. > > Anyway, I'm expecting this is a non-issue at the moment, but the pilot > light on my water heater has gone out twice in the last couple days. I > know of one other place that has had minor pilot light issues. I'm > wondering if this is any more wide spread (at least locally), or if > these are two isolated events. And... perhaps if this is a more wide > spread phenomena, maybe it's typical in Reno this time of year because > of wind or something? > > I'm just having a bit of fun. I hope you don't mind. This group is > serving as a convenient group of locals. Thanks for your patience. > > - Anna > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
