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    Oct 14, 2013, 03:47 AM
    Truck camper furnace
    I have a 1983 empire gravity direct vent furnace the pilot light will not stay lit. if I hold the valve in it will but as soon as I let go of it to turn it to on the pilot light shuts off.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 03:43 PM
    You likely have a bad thermocouple or power pile as the case may be.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 04:08 PM
    Did they have power piles 30 years ago?
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    Oct 14, 2013, 04:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ma0641 View Post
    Did they have power piles 30 years ago?
    Not sure
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    Oct 14, 2013, 04:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Grady White View Post
    You likely have a bad thermocouple or power pile as the case may be.
    What is the power pile
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    Oct 14, 2013, 04:49 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by todd24 View Post
    What is the power pile
    Similar to a thermocouple but generates a higher millivolt.
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    Oct 15, 2013, 08:12 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ma0641 View Post
    Did they have power piles 30 years ago?
    Yes, they did. My first apartment, back in the stone age, had a gas fired space heater with a powerpile.
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