Nancy Young wrote:

> "biig" > wrote
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>>Peter Huebner wrote:
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>>>Yeah, with professional grade equipment. Alas, I've two friends in whose
>>>kitchen I HATE to cook, because they have gas tops. If there's the
>>>slightest
>>>breeze outside you have to close the windows, because you can no longer
>>>get the
>>>water to boil on their stove. At another friend's place the crossdraft
>>>blows
>>>the gas flame out alltogether.
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>> The only gas / propane stove I have ever used has been in our rv's
>>we've had over the years. Breezes are definitely a problem. I have
>>electric at home and always have. ....Sharon
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> 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?
>
> nancy
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Nancy, the burners in RVs run on propane which tends to be a little
****ier than the natural gas pumped into your house. Sometimes the
design of the RV means the stove is right by a door or window that
creates a really strong air current causing the flame to go out. Our RV
stove had to be lit by a matches or a flame thower with no electonic
ignition. I hated lighting the RV oven as the thingy where you had to
put the match in was almost at the back. No electronic ignition at all.
So I think really, it is the overall design of RV stoves that causes
the flame to go out not the fuel itself. I could be wrong on this
though and maybe newer models don't have this problem. OTOH, our RV had
a fridge that operated on electric or propane with electronic ignition
so that you could have the fridge running while travelling. Go figure,
they figured out how to keep the fridge running but not the stove.

BTW, same problem on a boat that we've experienced so far. Those stoves
are nice but only when the wind isn't blowing. Perhaps the next boat