"Jeff" wrote in message
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For anyone who is still interested, the problem turned out to be my gas
valve. I turned off the AC for a few days during a cool spell and it made
no difference, the water heater pilot still went out. The plumber looked
at it for a long time and decided the valve was "bursting" the flame,
which blew out the pilot. AC is back on, everything is fixed.

Jeff

Thanks for the update. Glad things are working OK now, especially in these
temperatures that you need the AC