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Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #25 –
And you will have to cut a large pizza in half in order to cook it a half at a time. :))
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #26 –
Years ago ( like about 55 years) the DW went to light the oven in a house we had recently purchased. We had never had gas so it was new to her.
She turned on the gas, then went over to the counter to get a match. Came back, and you guessed it! The storage drawer under the oven shot all the way across the kitchen in to the living room, luckily missing one of our kids who had just crawled away from the doorway.
Needless to say, the DW knows to always sniff for gas before striking a match, and also to hold a flame over the appropriate burner before turning it on.
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #27 –
Quote from: bigdog –
If it's the Gagenau. You need to have 120V to activate the atuo sparkers. So plug-in or turn on the inverter. Or just use a long BBQ lighter.


PS. Please update your profile to include your coach model and build number. That info will go miles & miles for the brain trust here to help you.
thank you it's a 1990 foretravel unihome and I am still having issues I don't know if there's a line that's disconnected some place or what and I'm going to post a pic of this box thing that I was told is the carbon monoxide detector and that it has to be on before the stove will light is this true

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #28 –
Somewhere in the kitchen on a wall and close to the floor you will have a LP detector, there should be a red reset button on the detector that you will need to press.
Dub McBride 1996 270

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #29 –
You push the red button to reset, if you have a red button. The gas "sniffer" is most likely near the floor in the kitchen area.
Resetting will allow the propane to flow.
If your gas "sensor" is old it might have timed out and need to be replaced in order to be effective.
Take a matchstick. Light it, then blow out the flame but keep holding the trigger so you have a gas flow. Hold this tip down so it directs the fumes into your sensor. It should start making noise if still effective.
If so, and if you have a reset, go out and turn on the propane from the tank if you haven't already done so.
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #30 –
Correct.  Propane sniffers DO expire and need to be replaced.

Many modern ones do not "communicate with" the solenoid valve on the propane exit from the propane regulator which is near the propane tank.

You may have to get a propane "sensor only" and remove the OE solenoid.

Hopefully, someone will have a source for a sensor that is compatible with the OE solenoid.
Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
Moderator, ForeForum 2001-
Moderator Diesel RV Club 2002-
Moderator, FMCA Forum 2009-2020
Chairman FMCA Technical Advisory Committee 2011-2020

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #31 –
Quote from: Dub –
Somewhere in the kitchen on a wall and close to the floor you will have a LP detector, there should be a red reset button on the detector that you will need to press.
well I found it ! And thank you and news I didnt know what it was and I put paint over it but i hit the reset button and it started chirping for about a minute then stopped does that mean it reset

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #32 –
Quote from: Dub –
Somewhere in the kitchen on a wall and close to the floor you will have a LP detector, there should be a red reset button on the detector that you will need to press.
well I found it ! And thank you and news I didnt know what it was and I put paint over it but i hit the reset button and it started chirping for about a minute then stopped does that mean it reset
Quote from: nitehawk –
You push the red button to reset, if you have a red button. The gas "sniffer" is most likely near the floor in the kitchen area.
Resetting will allow the propane to flow.
If your gas "sensor" is old it might have timed out and need to be replaced in order to be effective.
Take a matchstick. Light it, then blow out the flame but keep holding the trigger so you have a gas flow. Hold this tip down so it directs the fumes into your sensor. It should start making noise if still effective.
If so, and if you have a reset, go out and turn on the propane from the tank if you haven't already done so.
Thank you ,,, was it suppose to have a bad smell also it did chirp for a minute or so and then it stopped

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #33 –
NO, your propane sensor has no propane attached to it.  If working and activating the propane solenoid, it will allow propane into all the coach systems.

If you have ANY QUESTION about the propane system, turn off the valve on the tank and have a certified propane dealer check out your system.

This is NOT a place for a new owner to "learn by trial and error"!
Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
Moderator, ForeForum 2001-
Moderator Diesel RV Club 2002-
Moderator, FMCA Forum 2009-2020
Chairman FMCA Technical Advisory Committee 2011-2020

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #34 –
Quote from: Sharon Finnegan –
well I found it ! And thank you and news I didnt know what it was and I put paint over it but i hit the reset button and it started chirping for about a minute then stopped does that mean it resetThank you ,,, was it suppose to have a bad smell also it did chirp for a minute or so and then it stopped
maybe I need to get someone in here that knows about it because I don't and I think there's a line somewhere in here that's not connected to the stove it smells really bad when you reset the button

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #35 –
Quote from: Sharon Finnegan –
maybe I need to get someone in here that knows about it because I don't and I think there's a line somewhere in here that's not connected to the stove it smells really bad when you reset the button

Sharon,

There may be another member close to you that can look at your system. You may post close to where you are located and see if anyone is close that answers.  You could also go over to the members map and see if there is someone close that way.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #36 –
You have to make sure that the oven knob is turned to pilot off or else it will be letting in propane.
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Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #37 –
I have a 1990 Unihome. I have a 4 burner propane cook top. I do not have an oven. This unit came with the Sharp combo microwave / convection oven over the range. If you lift up the range top there is a small valve that you can turn on to light the pilot light. I am not a fan and only use it when I am having a serious cooking session with multiple burners going. Otherwise I use a standard BBQ lighter.   
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Re: Cook stove and how to light the burners

Reply #38 –
Quote from: Sharon Finnegan –
well I found it ! And thank you and news I didnt know what it was and I put paint over it but i hit the reset button and it started chirping for about a minute then stopped does that mean it reset

Yes, and the bad smell tells you that it has turned on the propane.  Now you need to find from whence the propane comes.  Do you have the diesel fired Aqua Hot hydronic heating system or the propane fueled Atwood hot air furnaces?
1992 Foretravel Grand Villa
U225 SBID Build No. 4134
1986 Rockwood Driftwood
1968 S.I.A.T.A. Spring
1962 Studebaker Lark
1986 Honda VF700C
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