If this is an older stove its called a standing pilot light which means it stays lite to light the main burner when you turn it on some models have an adjustment on them.
Gas stove pilot light always on.
Should your burners not work at any time this is a good start to getting them to work.
Depending on where you live you might not want any extra heat being generated inside your home during the blazing summer months.
But unlike with coil element or electric stoves you have to ignite the burners to be able to cook anything on a gas stove.
One reason for turning off the pilot light is heat.
Open the oven and expose the pilot and burner assembly by removing the cover plate and flame spreader if there is one.
There are one to two pilot lights that heat up the surface burners on the top of your stove and one pilot light that ignites the burners to heat your oven.
Light the burner pilots first then turn on the two back burners before you light the oven pilot.
Reasons to turn off your gas fireplace pilot light.
Spark ignition systems are modified pilot ignition systems.
A pilot light means heat and it also means.
The gas itself is poisonous and it builds up very quickly creating a.
To expose the pilot lights on your stovetop so you can see them make sure the burners on the stovetop are all turned to the off.
Although the flame from a pilot light is small it s still heat.
Hopefully this how to will help you out should you need it.
Expose the burners on the gas range.
Sounds like the flame is very large to make a pan of water hot if the burner it self stays burning it could be that the valve is not shutting the gas all the way off have the landlord to get it fixed.
Fortunately the problem is usually something you can resolve yourself.
If the oven has a pilot light you will see a gas tube that may or may.
Damaged spark modules may begin to spark continuously on their own.
Gas stoves with standing pilots have three separate flames two for the burners and one for the oven.
A pilot light is an older technology.
A gas kitchen range or stove usually has two or more pilot lights.
In having a gas appliance such as a stove or water heater the most important thing is that gas not pour into the house without igniting.