propane stove

Thermocouplers on burners ?? Didn't know they existed. Sure glad I never got stuck w/ one of those !

I have an Atwood Wedgewood stove/oven and couldn't keep the pilot light lit. I thought it might be the thermocoupler, but as I kept reading, I wanted to try the most inexpensive fixes first. I found on the forums and about the oven knob being too long and metal shaft being too short (or something like that). The suggestions were to put some aluminum foil inside the oven knob enough to push the metal shaft in and light the pilot light. Voile!!! It worked! The pilot stayed lit and I could then turn it to the desired oven temperature! Thanks to this forum!

Took the stove apart , moved thermocoupler closer to burner & tightend it , they used a tin snap nut. works great know .
Thanks for your help.

Im going to replace thermocoupler this weekend, i will let you know.
thanks

There is indeed a thermocouple on some units.. It may be you need to fire up the other side first, or you may have a bad/missing thermocouple.

What is the brand and model of the stovetop? I know some European models have a thermocouple safety for the burners, but those will be metric threads.
You can test a thermocouple by measuring the voltage when heated between center and outside. Most should be minimum of 15 millivolts, with double that normally.

Yes the other side works just fine. I think there is a thermal switch , looks kind of like the ignitor . was just at the rv candy store buying a power tongue jack & seen them on the rack. Im guessing if they stock them they must be common.Wondering if there is a way to test them , maybe an ohms resistance.
Thanks

Is all the air out of the line. Could take a few minutes to purge it out.