# Water Heaters made of steel.  Duh!

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**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heaters-made-of-steel-duh/408829 "2007-06-21T10:30:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heaters-made-of-steel-duh/408829/21 "2007-06-22T00:23:42Z")

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Well of course the pilot light would not stay lit.  
So now the box score is a new faucet washer (In stock 😃 ) and a new thermocouple and I appear to be good to go. I’ll see if the pilot is still lit in a couple of hours.

BTW if anyone need arthroscope surgery, I think I am now qualified.

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