On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:38:30 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> 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.

I want to be as far away from that stuff as possible. You might not,
but I have a healthy fear of fire.

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