Re: Gas Pilot Sensor

["Frank Winans" <fwinans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" wrote
> Frank Winans wrote <snip>
> > "R-Guy" wrote
> >
> >>I would like to monitor the pilot in my gas-fueled boiler system
> >>at home so that I can raise an alarm when it gets blown-out
> >>by the wind.  Is there a special thermocouple-type-device for
> >>this type of application?
> >>

>
> We call that "bassifying" a solution.  It'll involve about fifteen
> relays and a Napco LCD keypad programmed to read
> "Attention Burglar. Go ahead, make my day."

If you've got external power available for this project,
there's no real reason to prefer a thermocouple anyway;
just mount some metal in the pilot frame, and attach a
thermal switch on that metal, far enough back from the
flame that you don't burn up said switch.
Problem;  does it false-trigger when the room is too cold?