TL;DR
A flame rollout switch is the safety thermostat mounted near a gas furnace or water heater burner compartment that kills the gas valve when flames escape — roll out of — the combustion chamber, a condition caused by a blocked heat exchanger, plugged flue, or cracked exchanger. Most are manual-reset, deliberately so: tripping means flames went somewhere they should never be.
What it means
A flame rollout switch is the safety thermostat mounted near a gas furnace or water heater burner compartment that kills the gas valve when flames escape — roll out of — the combustion chamber, a condition caused by a blocked heat exchanger, plugged flue, or cracked exchanger. Most are manual-reset, deliberately so: tripping means flames went somewhere they should never be. Resetting one repeatedly without finding the cause is how scorched wiring and carbon monoxide events happen, so a tripped switch warrants a combustion inspection.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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