[VAC] Re: Stupid Newbie Question....

["phil patterson" <patermichael@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All of the ovens I have been around from my 61 A/S to early 90's in a box 
trailer have a position for pilot on the oven knob. The problem is that the 
operation is sometimes not clear. Sometimes the knob has "pilot off" in 
small letters then going clockwise is OFF then the temp numbers. Others have 
"OFF" then "pilot on" then temp numbers. In either case you start by finding 
the end of the little pilot tube inside the oven ,beside the main burner, 
where the pilot is located. Then turn the oven knob to the first position to 
the right of the ccw end, either "OFF" or "pilot on", then hold flame up to 
the pilot and it should light. After a few minuites of burning you should be 
able to turn knob to a heat setting and the main burner should come on. I 
think the knobs with the first position of "pilot off" are misleading. I 
have run into a couple of trailerists complaining of a gas smell around the 
stove. What I found was they were turning the knob to "OFF" thinking the 
oven was off. The "pilot off" position to the left of "OFF" does not show up 
well.