On 8/10/2013 8:46 PM, JBurns wrote:
> That is what thousands of people did before the advent of auto
> ignition, the only difference is you are using a match rather than the
> auto spark. What you are lighting is the gas coming out of the burner
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> Make sure you light the match before turning on the gas.

This is good advice. The pilot light gas stove that we had when I was a
kid could not be counted on to reliably light the burner. I'd turn the
thing on and most times the burners lit. Every once in a while the thing
wouldn't and I would just be pumping gas into the kitchen. After a
second or two, the realization that the burner was not lighting would
hit me and I'd have to turn the gas off. I'd turn my face away while
doing it just in case the thing decided to light, or more appropriately,
detonate.

I'd have to peek underneath the burners to see if the pilot was still
on. If it was, I'd fan the burner with my hand to clear the gas out of
the area and try again. If that still didn't work, I'd have to light it
manually with a match. Such was my procedure for lighting the gas stove
when I was a kid.

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> JB
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