On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:56:37 -0700, sf > wrote:



>> >> Strike a match, turn on the knob for the selected burner, apply match
>> >> to the burner.
>> >
>> >That's the old fashioned way. I thought these new ones were harder to
>> >light.
>>
>> They shouldn't be. The only difference is they have auto ignition, but
>> not when the power is out.
>>
>
>So you turn it on and light the gasified air? That's an accident
>waiting to happen.

It has been done hundreds of millions of times before pilot lights and
electronic ignition were invented. Perfectly safe. Plumbers and
welders light torches the same way. What do you think the modern
electronic ignition is lighting? It is merely a spark in the gas/air
mix that your match can also light.