"PaPaPeng" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:00:51 -0700, jim wrote:

Just a shot in the dark -- but it saved me years ago when I returned from
Florida late at night in the dead of winter to find my gas furnace had shut
down.

If your water heater was installed at the same time as your furnace --
assuming it was also gas fired -- it may well have the same thermocouple.
Mine did so I pirated it over to the furnace and headed off to bed. I
bought a new one the next day. But you situation may well be different.

Best of luck!