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Ok. Interesting. Thnks.

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Yes. It would get pretty hot if it never shut off. Thanks for clarifying.

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Thank you, this has been very helpful.

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I was looking over the schematic for this. I looks pretty bare. How could I tell its a spark reignition style system as opposed to a basic spark module?

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I didn’t realize that the spark module sent out smaller voltage once the flame is lit. I thought it was sparking at full intensity constantly once the burner was turned on. I didn’t fully understand the operation of the spark module. I kept thinking; if its sparking all the time, then why do we need to worry about the flame going out. The spark will just reignite it anyway. It makes more sense now.

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Thank you that is helpful. I never would of thought to look in the back of the range. Unless, of coarse, I looked at the parts list.

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nothing appeared in the answers that “were not” inputs. They were all inputs. You can message me privately with the answer since I’ve already taken the test twice. Thanks. I’m obviously missing something.

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Yes, thank you, it makes sense to me now. With the timer closing the switch it is like a wire, allowing L1 to be present on both sides. The idea of figuring where and when L1 and/or L2 is in the circuit is becoming more clear to me.

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Ok, thank you. Thats makes sense. I was assuming we were reading L1 and L2 at that point.
We are just reading L1 at this point and that reading would read zero. This also helps me to understand switches better. I was thinking since L2 was coming to the other side of the switch, that the switch couldn’t work unless L2 was there to complete the switching mechanism. Its good to know that only one side of the line can cause the switch to work.

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Hi, just watched the video in Module 5, unit 4. eep’s video. At about 1:48 into video you are measuring L1 and L2 voltage. You’re reading voltage from bk to r. If the contact is closed you should read 0 volts. Which you did. You said L2 was present through the controls, including the thermal fuse to reach the r contact. So you knew the switch was working properly. My question is how can the voltage from L2 make it that far if the thermal fuse was bad (open) as we find out later in the video when you do a continuity check? I don’t see how voltage got that far unless it is taking a different route.

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Thanks Susan, its nice to know my understanding of circuits and voltage drop is improving.

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I think I can figure it out. The shunt will stop whatever loads are in parallel with it from having a current flow.

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It helps a little. I was trying to re-watch the webinar from Monday. The only thing I could find on the recording was the video on control boards. The question and answer section wasn’t there.

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Possible in the sense that a load can get voltage from two different sources.

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So I need to know how to deal with loads that seem to be getting voltage from two different locations. If that is possible?

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