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Duel Fuel stoves
After 20 years of using an electric stove, I am considering changing to
a duel fuel range. One of the key features is the front control panel, safer for me than reaching over steaming pots to adjust the heat! I am not really familiar with gas ranges so would appreciate answers to the following questions: Can the gas range be used during a power failure? Will it light with a match, since the new ones don't have pilot lights. Are the fumes dangerous? I am concerned mostly about using the stove during power failures, (having gone through the Ice Storm '98 and now the Blackout 2003!)so of course the exhaust hood would be inoperable. Is natural gas a concern for asthmatics? ( and birds)? We have a gas furnace and hot water tank, but they are directly vented to the outside. any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Please note I am not looking for a professional type of stove as I cook only when I have too!!!!!! :-) |
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myrna l wrote in news:vPN0b.29445$2Z.94852
@news20.bellglobal.com: After 20 years of using an electric stove, I am considering changing to a duel fuel range. I've hear of food fights, but fuel fights? |
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myrna l wrote:
Can the gas range be used during a power failure? Yes, most all gas stoves can be used during a power failure but most ovens can not because the stove only uses electricity to light the fire once but the oven typically keeps an electric heater element hot all the time that the oven is 'ON' and won't work without it. Will it light with a match, since the new ones don't have pilot lights. Yes. You just need to be careful not to wait too long after turning on the gas before you place the match near the jets or it'll go 'foom' and might scorch your eyebrows. Are the fumes dangerous? Yes and no. You are burning hydrocarbons and this produces carbon dioxide, water vapor and consumes oxygen. Typically this is not a problem in most homes as the regular air exchange with the outside is more than enough to deal with the results of cooking a normal meal. To be on the safe side you could crack a window. In some of the newer, super sealed, houses they require active air exchangers to deal with this and other vapor build up in the house. The problem is if you run the burners for a long time in a sealed house or room and deplete a lot of the oxygen. The flame starts to produce carbon monoxide instead of dioxide and this, with the less oxygen, becomes dangerous enough to kill. This is why they tell folks not to use their stoves as backup space heaters. Is natural gas a concern for asthmatics? ( and birds)? To the best of my knowledge it's not particularly dangerous to either people or animals. Burning a candle is probably going to do more of a number on them than a gas stove would because gas burns pretty clean and candles don't. If you, or someone you know, has some particular chemical sensitivity or problems then perhaps you should visit someone who has a gas stove and help them cook dinner. You should note that they do sell stoves and ovens which do not require any electrical hookup. They use piezo ignites for the stove and a temporary (only lit when 'ON') pilot light for the oven which is also lit with a piezo element. These piezo elements are similar to the kind found on many butane portable stoves and BBB lighters. Anthony |
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Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.
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myrna l wrote: Can the gas range be used during a power failure? Anthony Matonak wrote Yes, most all gas [cooktops] can be used during a power failure but most ovens can not Models which utilize a "spark ignition system" for the oven (like used on gas surface burners) can often be lit manually without power to the range. Whirlpool's latest spark ignition gas oven models however I believe can *not* be used that way as they are controlled electronically by a computer board. Check the product's owner's manual or manufacturer's web site to see if it is stated or not. Models with an oven that has a digital (electronic) oven control to set the temperature would also not be able to be used in a power failure. The surface burners still would be usable. However, since you've asked about a "Duel Fuel" ranges, those use gas AND electricity. Typically the surface burners are gas and the oven is *all* electric. On one of these, the electric oven would obviously not work without electricity. Will it light with a match, since the new ones don't have pilot lights. It is still possible to purchase "pilot ignition" models, however, they are much more rare. Dan O. - Appliance411.com http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Gas+Ranges =Ð~~~~~~ |
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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. - Appliance411.com http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Gas+Ranges =Ð~~~~~~ |
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"Dan O." wrote in message ...
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. - Appliance411.com http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Gas+Ranges =Ð~~~~~~ Sorry, I didn't know what else to call the thing that clicks while starting the stove. It sounds just like the piezo on my gas grill. Cindy Hamilton |
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Thanks all who responded. I'll be checking out a G.E. Profile duel fuel
stove tonight. don't know about the US, but they sure aren't that common out this way!! Perhaps that will change after the last power failure! |
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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. Sorry, I didn't know what else to call the thing that clicks while starting the stove. It sounds just like the piezo on my gas grill. There's usually an electronic 'spark module' inside a gas range which just modifies house power to generate a high enough current to spark between the spark electrode at the burner and the ground of the stove. Piezoelectric devices generate their own current to produce the spark. The spark each makes are basically the same, making the same amount of sound when they occur. JFYI Dan O. - Appliance411.com http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=gas+ranges =Ð~~~~~~ |
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"myrna l" wrote in message ... After 20 years of using an electric stove, I am considering changing to a duel fuel range. One of the key features is the front control panel, safer for me than reaching over steaming pots to adjust the heat! Just want to mention (if hasn't been already, this is an old thread) there are slide-in and drop-in electric stoves with front controls, that are less expensive than the dual-fuels. |
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"myrna l" wrote in message ... All the electric stoves that I have seen with controls on the front are smooth top which I don't want. I googled for "slide in" range electric coil Sears (Kenmore) has them. So does Whirlpool who makes the Kenmores. |
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