From: "Dan O." 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Duel Fuel stoves
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:02:08 -0400


>myrna l wrote
>>
>> The idea of a duel fuel range would give me the
>> ability to use the (gas) burners during a power
>> failure (IF they can be lit with a match), yet still
>> have the electric oven, which I am used to.

Cindy hamilton wrote in message
>
>As luck would have it, I had an opportunity last
>Friday to light my gas burners during a power
>failure.  It worked like a charm.
>
>This is a newer gas range with a piezoelectric
>starter.

I have never seen a home gas range which used a "piezoelectric starter"
(like used on BBQs). Maybe RV models might be so equiped, I don't know.

>If memory serves, the owner's manual stated
>explicitly that they could be started this way in
>the event of a power failure.  You might want
>to try to get access to the owner's manuals as
>you shop.


JFYI. On most models of gas ranges you should be able to light the *surface
burners* with a match in the event of a power failure except very high-end
models which might have electrically controlled thermostatic controls. Those
models are fairly rare though.

Dan O.
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