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Oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) technology was adopted by all U.S. manufacturers for all vent-free gas products in the early 1980s. ODS technology originated in Europe, and has been used in European gas heating appliances for more than half a century with an outstanding record of safety. Industry engineers say the ODS pilot is to gas what a circuit breaker is to electricity.
