On 1/27/2012 2:01 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> In the US it's been some 50 years since gas ovens with pilot lights
> were sold, and in most municipalities it's been illegal to use them
> for some 30 years.

A very quick Google search brought up a Hotpoint with a standing pilot
available on the market presently. Meanwhile...

It's illegal to use them, Shelly? For some thirty years? How does law
enforcement know that an oven with a standing pilot has been in use for
the last thirty years? Or do you mean it's against code, in which case
how would code enforcement officers know that an oven with a standing
pilot has been in use for the last thirty years? Or do you mean it
applies to new installations, in which case is everyone impacted or can
homeowners DIY install an oven with a standing pilot...

Re furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and such, I've never had a
gas dryer so I've never been through having to deal with a dryer pilot.
I can tell you that it's wonderful not having to get down on my hands
and knees on freezing basement floors to relight water heater and
furnace pilots after windstorms anymore!



> Of course I've no doubt some nincompoops are still
> using those antiques but if they blow themselves up in a fireball
> their insurance won't cover the damage... naturally such nincompoops
> wouldn't carry insurance anyway.

Shelly's bad days continue unabated, I see.