So far, it’s apparently still opt out and read only,

That’s not much consolation, but it’s something I guess.

Yep exactly that!

Sorry, communication is hard, believe it or not I was talking about exactly that 😬

Careful, they’ll do it by connecting to WiFi. Don’t worry, they’ll “only” use it for setting the time.

But yeah, it really should use the atomic clock radio frequencies.

Yep! I think it’s running good now.

Definitely confusing until you start playing with it and seeing what works and doesn’t work.

So I cleaned it out and that seems to have solved the hissing problem. It was QUITE full of crap.

Ironically though, the pilot is louder than before, just instead of hissing, it’s a lower frequency “small torch” sound.

Looking at it, there’s a copper capillary tube going from the flame sensor to the valve, so I’m almost certain this is a mercury vapor thermovalve.

Edit: I ended up turning it down a bit. At first until there was no sound at all, but that was obviously too low.

So I turned it up until it was engulfing the bulb, but not splitting the flame on it. You can hear it, but it’s not a blowtorch anymore.

That did the trick! Cleaning it out. It was extremely full of crap, and now the flame is bigger and no more hissing. Though the whole flame is louder now, in the lower frequencies.

Not gonna mess with it though.

I took a toothbrush to it, and it was unbelievable how much crap came out of that pilot housing. Tremendous. The flame is bigger and bluer now. Ironically, while the hissing has gone away, the audible volume of the rest of the flame, mostly the lower frequencies, has gotten louder.

All in all I think is much better than it was.

Currently reading The Expanse for the first time.

Haven’t watched the show yet, gonna do it after, don’t want to spoil anything.

I’m in the third book right now, juicy stuff!

I’ll third this recommendation. Great books.

Thanks for the picture! And the explanation! I wouldn’t have thought of this.

After looking it up, I’m sure this must be a thermopile system. That or mercury vapor maybe?

I shut it off last night to cool down, but by time I remembered to check if it was cool enough to install the logs and start looking closely, it was bedtime. I won’t have time today or tonight, busy day ahead, but I will report back when I do!

I’ll dust it first to be sure, but I think you’re right, it might need turned down a tiny bit. Thank you!

I was twisting the valve ever so slightly to demonstrate that the noise can come and go with the pilot still lit.

But yes, the flame was changing shape slightly when it was doing it by itself earlier, so something is definitely happening.

Others say dust up in the nozzle, which makes sense it sat unused for awhile

Thanks! I’ll let it cool down and give it a dusting

Good to know thanks!

Yeah I won’t leave it in-between like that, does seem a bit sketchy.

I dropped a penny into the gap between the plug and the socket when I was a toddler. The sparks were FANTASTIC, and long lasting, like a sparkler shooting up the wall.

My dad tried to remove the penny with his metal pliers, my mom stopped him before he killed himself. She yanked the cord and it stopped.

We saved the penny for awhile, might still be somewhere. It burned two trenches in the penny, it almost made it all the way through.

Lessons were learned.

That’s fully insane. Just standing there like “yep, technically you can’t get on that plane”

Why would they do that? I’m so confused

We just got a Costco, we’ll have to check that out.

To be honest, the Aldi Pizza… Wasn’t that good. It’s the second time we’ve gotten it, the first time we were really rushed and didn’t doctor it at all, it wasn’t great.

I thought maybe doctoring it and smoking it would help, and it did, but not enough to make it worth it.

Really we should just make pizza from scratch like OP intended.

Much appreciated 😊

Does getting a cheap $4 unfrozen Aldi Pizza, adding grilled chicken tossed in buffalo sauce, covering it with more cheese, and cooking it in the smoker you found on the side of the road, count?

I forgot about those!

Looks like you can still buy them, but the reviews are dubious.