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Gas water heaters have this, as do older gas furnaces (any newer furnaces will have electronic ignition not a standing pilot). For kitchen stoves, most have el
by ams6110 8y ago
Gas water heaters have this, as do older gas furnaces (any newer furnaces will have electronic ignition not a standing pilot).
For kitchen stoves, most have electronic ignition as well. For an older stove, the amount of gas released from an unlit pilot is not significant enough to pose a danger.
- azernik 8y agoThe issue isn't pilot lights for the oven itself; it's the stovetop. Most of the ones I've seen have individual electric lighters for each burner, which must be semi-manually activated (by turning the knob past "maximum" to a "light" setting until it catches). If you turn it to on without lighting it, or turn it off enough to put out the fire but not enough to completely cut off gas flow, you'll get a constant gas leak.