Although the oven igniter I just installed worked, its 3.0 A current fell below the gas valve’s minimum 3.3 A, which, based on past experience, suggested it would fail in short order. Just to see what happened, I sent a note to the seller, who offered a warranty swap and, after a bit of fiddling, the replacement arrived:
This one draws exactly 3.3 A, so it just barely meets both its product description and the gas valve’s minimum current.
We’ll see how long this lasts …
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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These seem to be the days to do battle with electronic devices. I was using the seldom-necessary iPhone (bought as a refurbished unit because a travel trailer needed apps to run some elements) and noticed it was getting warm. Rather warm. Hmm. Then I noticed it was getting thick. So that’s how they were assembled. [wince]
I rather gingerly erased all data (seems it wants to have a cell connection to do so) then assisted the failing battery at pulling the phone apart. Both halves are now in a metal can in the middle of our burn-pile area, so if the lithium battery decides to go out in a blaze of glory, it won’t set the woods on fire. The plastic pouch is impressively strong. And thick.
A (new this time) Samsung is on the way. Meanwhile, my Alcatel flip-phone does the real cell work.
(Side note: The NightOwl security cameras want a bluetooth device for setup (not doable for the above reasons), but offer a website to do the registration. Seems they neglected to mention that the phone number they were asking for has to support text messages. Amazing what landlines don’t do. Took a few hours before the script recovered from the vapors and reset itself.)
Can a person do a back-alley web design review? Asking for a friend.
The last battery for the M20 just became a spicy pillow, so it’s on the bench awaiting a transplant. The NP-BX1 batteries come heartbreakingly close to fitting inside, but the thing is now glued to the dashboard and something non-portable seems feasible.