Ron,
Your photo just seems to be of a 90 degree fitting. Heater vlave is cable controlled, and on the wilkinson site looks like this:
http://www.panterapartsusa.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?prod_id=12007a
Further, from your description, is this an AC line part?
Larry
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