kjpro @ usenet.com wrote in message
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"Ermalina" wrote in message
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"kjpro "@ usenet.com wrote:

"Doug" wrote in message
news On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:18:23 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:


"Joe" wrote in message
ps.com...

badge wrote:
My tappan gas oven won't heat. When I turn it on the burners
fail
to
light
therefore not heating up. The top burners work fine even my
broiler
will
not ignite. I can smell gas but do not see a flame. Can you
please
help
me.

Your pilot flame has gone out. There is an adjustment on the oven
control , but if you don't know how to set it, call a repairman.
HTH


Not if it's fairly new. :-)

Maybe, maybe not. Not enough info was given.
Also, I'm not sure that Tappan is still an active brand. If not, it
is
indeed a few years old.

Ranges with oven pilot lights are still being made and sold.

And are NOT the normal everyday item that people are purchasing.
Even if it's manufactured in the last 10-15 years, it's highly likely
that
it doesn't have a pilot light. Since that's pretty much the life
expectancy,
you can pretty much guess that it doesn't have a pilot!

Approx. 4 months ago I bought a brand new gas range with standing pilots
(burners and oven) as backup for my regular range.

Just see how well an electronic ignition oven serves in an extended
power outage; here's a hint: NOT WELL.

BTW, that range was IN STOCK at the local appliance store.


I know that they're made and stocked, but they ARE NOT the normal range
that
everyone buys to put in their kitchen!!!!!
Most people like self-cleaning ovens, find one of those today that has a
pilot light!

Also many localities (NYC is one) forbids the sale of appliances with a
standing pilot (except for water heaters). The most basic models sold have
electronic ignition. In addition, prior to that requirement, the oven
portion of a range did not have a standing pilot either. The oven was
lighted with a match held over a hole in the front of the oven. As long as
the oven knob was on, a pilot would remain lit when the oven flame cycled to
maintain a temperature, but the pilot would go off when the oven knob was
set to the off position.
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Peace,
BobJ