At 02:49 PM 8/10/2009, David Beierl wrote... >If the line is full of air, the stove burner orifice will get the >common part of the line filled with LP much faster than the fridge >orifice. Only the common part, unfortunately. I recently installed >a natural-gas-fired hot-water heater at home and had to set a weight >on the pilot knob for half an hour before it would light. The trick is to use one of those long fireplace lighters, and hold it so the flame is where the pilot would be, heating up the safety sensor. Once that's hot, you can turn the valve to "on," and gas will flow at full speed. Only takes a few seconds that way. |
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