Lighting the oven
Lighting the oven in our 5er is a PITA. Why don't they have an igniter for this like the 3 burners ? We don't use the oven much when we are south for about 5 months but getting down on my knee's (wors...
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2oldman wrote:wa8yxm wrote:Not my oven. No pushing required. Circa 2002 Atwood.
You Must turn to PILOT and PUSH to light, then after holding it for one mintue (LIT) you can turn it up.. That's if it is working properly,, Time may vary.
Yes, I guess pushing would be a problem. Then I'd just leave the darn thing on, which I do anyway.
Likewise not on my oven. The thermocouple for the pilot, which requires holding the knob in and shuts off the pilot gas completely should the pilot go out, is a comparatively recent innovation (within the past ten years, more or less, I think).
