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How to light your pilot light

Locate the gas valve under or on the appliance. On the gas valve there is a knob labled off, on, and pilot. Turn this knob to the pilot position where it can be depressed. Pushing the knob in allows gas to flow through the valve. Now locate the piezo or striker. This is a cylindrical button that when pushed in makes a clicking sound. This button causes a spark which ignites the pilot light.

While pushing in on the gas valve knob with one hand, begin pressing the stiker with the other. Keeping an eye on the location of the pilot light, begin pressing in on the striker every couple of seconds until the pilot light is a constant flame. When the pilot light is lit, stop pressing the striker but continue to hold in on the gas valve knob. Releasing the knob before the thermo pile or thermocouple heats up will cause the gas valve to close and the pilot light to go out. (This is a safety mechanism that shuts the valve off if the pilot light were to go out) If this happens, simply begin the process again. After twenty to thirty seconds you should be able to release the gas valve knob and the pilot will remain lit. You can then turn the gas valve to the on position.

NOTE: The valve on the right may or may not look exactly like your stove's gas valve, but they should all have similar parts. You may also see a fan rheostat (speed control) near the valve.

THERMOSTATS

Stoves with no wall mount or remote thermostat

Appliances with no thermostat are simply controlled by the on/off switch located somewhere on the outside of the stove. Turning the switch to the on position ignites the flame and putting it in the off position should extinquish the flame. The pilot light should remain lit in either position.

Stoves with wall mount or remote thermostat

There are two different types of appliances with thermostats. The on/off switch on some stoves needs to be in the off position to be controlled by the thermostat, while others need to be in the on position to be controlled by the thermostat. It is important to figure out which type of stove you have so that the thermostat turns the appliance off when the room reaches the correct temperature. To dertermine the type you have, begin with both the stove and the thermostat in the off position. Turn the thermostat to the highest position and wait to see if the flame ignites. If this lightes the stove, you need to keep the on/off button off at all times to use the thermostat.

If this process does not work then put the thermostat back to the lowest position and turn the appliance to the on position. The stove should not light yet. Put the thermostat to the highest temperature again and wait for the appliance to light. If this works, you must keep the on/off switch in the on position at all times. Turning it off will keep the stove off and disable the thermostat. If neither configuration works, see the trouble shooting section below.