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    Oct 1, 2012, 09:08 PM
    Hot water heater pilot light keeps going out
    I have a Sears 40 gallon hot water heater. The pilot light keeps going out. It can be relight and the burner ignites and heats the water. Is this a bad pilot assembly or the thermocouple?

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