quick gas stove question

[tom314]

Can you use a cigarette lighter to light a gas stove, or should you just use a match?

 

[Brainonska511]

I've used lighters to light a stove before. I wouldn't use a cigarette lighter because I wouldn't want my hand to be so close, but I've used those grill-type lighters.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I've also lit gas stoves before by casting fireball.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I've also lit gas stoves before by casting fireball.

Ahahahaha!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Use a lighter to cause a roll of paper to ignite.

Then use the paper to ignite the stove.

Much safer for your hand incase of a flare up.

 

[imported_Devine]

My stoves ignition clicker thingy broke, or at least it didnt work when I moved in so I just use a cigarette lighter and yes my hand gets a little close to the flame a few times but eh, it works

 

[tom314]

Good idea, I'l give it a try.

 

[tom314]

Lighting paper with the lighter and using that to light the burner worked great. Thanks EagleKeeper.

 

[jadinolf]

Rubbing two sticks together works for me.

 

[Rubycon]

Does the ignitor work at all? I.E. do you hear a snapping noise when you turn the dial to the light position? If it's snapping and does not light you may want to take a look at the burner orifices. Using a cigar lighter is OK but should not be used as a permanent solution. NEVER use a stove (especially with poor ventilation) that is producing flames that are yellow or even have yellow tips halfway down the cone. Burning rich can make you sick.

 

[waggy]

get one of those long lighters. when i had a old stove that did not have a pilot light we had to use that.

 

[Jeff7]

Depends what kind. The stove my apartment has uses some ignitor thingie that gets really hot. What I read online says that once it gets to a certain resistance due to the heat, the stove's circuitry turns on the gas, which hits the (hopefully sufficiently hot) ignitor and starts to burn. This valve won't open though until the resistance reaches that specific set point, so a match would be useless.

The burners however are lit with a little electrostatic spark. For that, I'd figure that a match or other flame source would work. If you blow yourself up, don't blame me.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Depends what kind. The stove my apartment has uses some ignitor thingie that gets really hot. What I read online says that once it gets to a certain resistance due to the heat, the stove's circuitry turns on the gas, which hits the (hopefully sufficiently hot) ignitor and starts to burn. This valve won't open though until the resistance reaches that specific set point, so a match would be useless.

The burners however are lit with a little electrostatic spark. For that, I'd figure that a match or other flame source would work. If you blow yourself up, don't blame me.

Glowcoil ignitors have this safeguard because they are susceptible to burnout and/or damage. What's scary are stoves with standing pilots with no FSG on the pilot feed! So when the pilot is blown out by a draft from the unfortunate homeowner leaving with the door slamming, the house fills slowly with gas.

If they are lucky and not gone long and there's a window open, they'll arrive to a smelly kitchen and (hopefully) know what's up. If they're not so lucky and gone longer allowing the gas to build up and reach another appliance with a standing pilot such as a water heater, things can and do go BOOM!

If they're really unlucky, the worst scenario is there's no other source of ignition until they've arrived home - turn on the lights, and the spark of the switch touches off an explosion giving them along with the house - the new look. :Q

Don't screw with gas and it won't screw with you.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Glowcoil ignitors have this safeguard because they are susceptible to burnout and/or damage. What's scary are stoves with standing pilots with no FSG on the pilot feed! So when the pilot is blown out by a draft from the unfortunate homeowner leaving with the door slamming, the house fills slowly with gas.

If they are lucky and not gone long and there's a window open, they'll arrive to a smelly kitchen and (hopefully) know what's up. If they're not so lucky and gone longer allowing the gas to build up and reach another appliance with a standing pilot such as a water heater, things can and do go BOOM!

If they're really unlucky, the worst scenario is there's no other source of ignition until they've arrived home - turn on the lights, and the spark of the switch touches off an explosion giving them along with the house - the new look. :Q

Don't screw with gas and it won't screw with you.

Fortunately they do make (expensive) combination CO/explosive gas detectors now.
I do like the efficiency aspect of a gas range. With an electric range, first the fossil fuel is burned to make heat, converted to electricity, sent to a home, and converted back into heat. Multiple efficiency losses are incurred. Of course with the gas range, the fossil fuel is burned with the heat being delivered directly into what needs it.

I read about old glowcoils having a problem where their change in resistance no longer matches the temperature shift. In that case, the gas valve will switch on too soon, and the stove will fill with gas as the ignitor continues to heat up. Awhile later, there's a small explosion in the oven.

I was worried too that my oven wasn't working - turn it on, and there's no sparking, no sound of gas. "Ok, what's wrong with it?" and then immediately turn it off for fear of gas buildup. I had to track down some information online to find out how the glowcoil ignitors work, and that the oven has to be on for anywhere from 1-2 minutes before it ignites. I was accustomed to electric everything. My parents when with the industry hype at the time when we moved into the house I mostly grew up in - buy electric appliances, heating, ranges, anything. We had electric: baseboard heaters, water heater, laundry dryer, and of course a range/oven. There is now at least a wood pellet furnace in the basement. Electric heat was damned expensive, and never could get the basement warm in the winter.

 

[Rubycon]

Oh the joy of delayed ignition :laugh:

Or the folks with oil heat that keep pressing that little red button on the burner box. :Q