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cshenk

wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:40:01 PM UTC-5, cshenk got it wrong
> when she said:
> >
> > Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > >
> > > A match will do no good for lighting an oven during a power
> > > outage unless your stove is very old and has an oven pilot
> > > light... newer gas ovens use a glow bar, needs electric to glow,
> > > and needs electric to operate the solinoid that opens the oven
> > > gas valve. You can light the top burners with a match but not the
> > > oven. All pilot lights were eliminated as a safety feature.
> >
> > Totally wrong Sheldon. urn it on, gas is there. Light it. REal
> > simple concept.
> >
> Did you read his post?? If you did, you didn't comprehend a thing he
> said. With the new gas stoves the pilot light is eliminated, they
> operate by electronic ignition now. Yes, the gas can be turned on
> for the top burners, light it with a match, and you have a flame.
> But you just flounced right on by his statement of pilot lights
> eliminated.

You use a match. The only time it may be a problem is if the oven unit
gas part can't be reached from inside with a match.

Yes, the 'autoignition' is electric and won't work. A match does.

My oven unit can be lit from inside with a match and obviously the top
stove can be.