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For posterity and google's sake, here is the service manual for the TS8205, which is the thermostat and sensor assembly: http://vancontrols.com/pdf/hw/TS8205.pdf This is the gas valve (well, a drop in replacement, the original doesn't seem to be available anymore)...

Thanks for the reply danpik. It's a power pile, I was using the wrong word :) I found the service manual for the thermostat and it's troubleshooting section says I need at least 200 mv from the pilot generator. Since I only have about 50 I think I need to replace it.

I did a little more messing around. I measured the resistance of the wire with all the safety switches - (TH on the thermostat board to TH on the valve) and its about 2 ohm. When I turn off the pump it goes to disconnected, so that seems to make sense. Then I tried jumping it out - connected TH...

Hi All, I have an old MiniMax CH 200 pool heater. It worked intermittently last year but this year I'm not getting any heat. The pilot lights and stays lit fine. Looking around on the Internet I've seen several people talk about thermocouples going bad. I cleaned some carbon off it with...