Dave Smith wrote:
>
> It feels like fall here. We had a heck of a wind storm last night and
> I have some branches to clean up.... quite a few branches to clean up.

It's bit a little breezy here the last two days.
Twice yesterday and so far twice today the wind
has blown out the pilot light of my water heater.
Royal PITA to not have hot water, and relighting
is a chore because I have to crawl over and under
a bunch of crap to get to the water heater. And
something has gone wrong with the new POS General
Electric water heater, so the piezoelectric
starter doesn't work anymore. Fortunately,
I have a spark coil (of the type used for "violet
ray" wands) which can strike an arc to the wire
going to the pilot light and relight it. Not fun
but it works.

(And it's not the piezoelectric element itself
which has gone bad, before you suggest replacing
it. It's the electrodes in the pilot light flame.
They probably need to be cleaned or moved closer
together. It's easier to use the spark coil.)