On 9/29/2008 4:06 PM Kompu Kid spake thus:

I have an O'Keefe and Merritt range that looks similar to this:

http://www.classicranges.com/Web%20Pix/OM1950.jpg

I had the utility guy turn off the pilot light early summer since it
was adding a tremendous amount of heat load to the already hot
southerly kitchen.

How do I turn on the ovens without the pilot light being on?

This looks like an early enough model to not have a safety valve (which
doesn't allow gas to flow unless the pilot is lit), in which case all
you have to do is put a match to the oven burner, which is under the
oven and on top of the broiler compartment.

It's easy to tell if this will work: open the broiler (or better yet
take the drawer out completely), turn the oven control on and see if you
hear gas coming out. If you do, then you only need to light the burner,
and you'll see the flame immediately. (Obviously, you don't want to
leave the gas on for any longer than necessary before lighting it.)

If you don't, then you have a safety valve and will have to re-light the
pilot. When you do, there is an adjustment valve for the pilot; you can
turn it down so it uses a minimal amount of gas. (But don't turn it down
*too* far, or it may be possible for the pilot to get blown out if
there's a breeze.)


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Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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