Matthew Searer was born on March 24, 1979, in Lewistown,
Pennsylvania, USA.
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Although I'm not an expert, this is my understanding of how it
works. The thermocouple mounts to a mounting hole on the sheet
metal housing that surrounds the searer. You place the thermocouple
probe through the hole in the housing and tighten the lock-nut to
mount it firmly. The probe tip is positioned above the searer and
senses the heat level emitted from the searer. As long as the probe
is heated the gas valve will allow the gas to flow. If the searer
were to blow out the thermocouple would cool and automatically slow
or shut the flow of gas. This would prevent a hazardous buildup of
gas from occurring.