Dave Plowman wrote in
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And just buy a disposable fag lighter rather than a built in piezo
type - they don't go wrong.

Well, my piezo doesn't go wrong, and I got a rather nasty burn on my bare
(thank gawd, dread to think what socks would have caused) while putting a
radiator in in me bathroom using a non automatic, because I couldn't be
bothered to turn it off and relight it. So I replaced it with a resonably
good piezo, (it wasn't much cop anyhow)

Now I always turn it off and pull the trigger to relight when needed;
....applied Darwinism

mike r