On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:01:47 PM UTC-4, dpb wrote:
On 6/13/2012 1:44 PM, wrote:
Of course if you're up for an experiment, the worst that can happen
isthe stove won't light.

You're sure that's "the worst that can happen"???

Yes, I am. This isn't a 1970's police drama or a Warner Bros. cartoon.

I suppose you're thinking "explosion."

To get an explosion you would have to have spilled a quantity of fuel, and stupidly lit the stove anyway, OR you would have had to have broken/defeated a number of safety devices/procedures. Either way you deserve to lose your eyebrows.

Try some basic physics: If the gasoline atomizes too well it will go "poof" and the stove will not remain lit. If the gasoline doesn't atomize well enough it won't light at all. You're supposed to shut off the valve in a failure to light situation, not let the fuel continue to spray/dribble.