pilot burner ground wire

[ssgross]

I am using a honeywell intermittent pilot system. The manual says to ground the pilot light. What type of wire is everyone using?

My pilot light is right up between the spokes of the burner and it gets pretty hot there. The silicone spark ignitor wire seems to withstand the heat just fine.
I asked the self-called electrician about heat resistant wire, as suggested in the manual, and he looked at me like I was crazy and said no such thing existed.

If I can't find anything cheap, I was going to take the insulation of of 6-8 inches of 14awg , use this to ground the pilot burner to the the burner itself, somewhere on the leg just outside the heat shield/wind screen, and then regular wire (rated to 90 celsius) to connect this to the control, grounding both the burner and the pilot burner. Is this the right way to do it?

 

[herc1354]

I am using a honeywell intermittent pilot system. The manual says to ground the pilot light. What type of wire is everyone using? My pilot light is right up between the spokes of the burner and it gets pretty hot there. The silicone spark ignitor wire seems to withstand the heat just fine. I asked the self-called electrician about heat resistant wire, as suggested in the manual, and he looked at me like I was crazy and said no such thing existed. If I can't find anything cheap, I was going to take the insulation of of 6-8 inches of 14awg , use this to ground the pilot burner to the the burner itself, somewhere on the leg just outside the heat shield/wind screen, and then regular wire (rated to 90 celsius) to connect this to the control, grounding both the burner and the pilot burner. Is this the right way to do it?

The pilot setup should receive its ground from the burner, take a multimeter and seat it to read continuity then check for continuity from the pilot assembly to the ground terminal on the gas controller. As long as continuity checks good between the pilot and the controller your fine, really the entire brew stand should should be grounded. If for some reason you can't read a ground run a length of wire from the pilot to the brew stand then to controller, if you are concerned about heat use a length of solid copper wire from a piece of romex house wire.

Good luck!
Corey