"Sheldon" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I can't imagine this ... all the years I've had gas stoves, only had
>> an electric stove once and that was in my ex's apartment ... I
>> have *never* had the gas flame blow out. Wouldn't even cross
>> my mind it could happen.
>>
>> Wonder why that is?
>
> Can happen with the older style gas stoves that have pilot lights and
> don't have sealed burners... especially when these old style stoves are
> installed contrary to instructions and municipal code. When idiots
> decide to install gas stanchions themselves and don't read the rules,
> they place the gas supply so that the stove will be installed in front
> of a window and/or next to exterior doorways.

That's what I was thinking, Sheldon. Perhaps the stove is in the
wrong place. I've seen layouts that made me think ... has the town
inspector seen this getup?

> It shouldn't take any exceptionally high IQ to realize that open flames
> can be blown out.j

Of course, I just never ran into a situation where it did on a
stove.

> But it's been quite a few years now since gas stoves
> have been manufactured that have pilot lights and more and more have
> sealed burners, and with the newer burner designs it's near impossible
> to blow out the flame.

Yeah, those are definitely improvements in design, much better
than they used to be.

nancy