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.

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.


If you can't figure it out yourself, PUHLEEZE get a professional in
there ASAP.

Jeff

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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

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

Joe

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:21:04 -0500, "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.

A bad igniter does that on our Tappan. Ours fails about every 3-4
years. (We use the oven quite a bit.) The part costs about $50, and is
pretty easy to replace.

George

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Jeff Wisnia wrote:

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.


If you can't figure it out yourself, PUHLEEZE get a professional in
there ASAP.

Jeff

Where I live, the gas company offers free minor repairs and adjustments
to gas appliances.

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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. :-)

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:18:23 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:


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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.
I recently bought one for a rental where there was no electrical
outlet near the stove and I was lazy...and admittedly cheap...
:-)

Doug

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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.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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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!


Well, I wouldn't know what is a "normal" purchase.
I do know that every major manufacturer offers a range with standing
pilots.

Doug

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"kjpro "@ usenet.com wrote:

"Doug" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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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!

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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:18:23 -0500, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:


"Joe" wrote in message
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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!


Well, I wouldn't know what is a "normal" purchase.
I do know that every major manufacturer offers a range with standing
pilots.

Doug

Most people like sealed burners and self-cleaning ovens. They're not the
ones that normally have pilots.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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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

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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!



Well, I wouldn't know what is a "normal" purchase.
I do know that every major manufacturer offers a range with standing
pilots.

Doug

FWIW, we've got a low-end Montgomery Ward (made by Tappan -- that gives
a clue about how old it is) and even IT has an electric igniter for the
oven. I think it's more common to have pilots for top burners than for
ovens.

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