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Unrelated to the article, but I'm surprised how many new gas stoves do not have a flame interlock on the burner valve. I have a nearly new Samsung gas range, a
by jcims 6y ago
Unrelated to the article, but I'm surprised how many new gas stoves do not have a flame interlock on the burner valve. I have a nearly new Samsung gas range, and if I twist the valve just a bit too far past the igniter stage, it will happily pump propane into my home until my 500 gallon tank runs empty.
- firethief 6y agoThere is no way to make a stove safe in the face of incorrect usage. I wouldn't be able to judge whether flame interlocks should be mandatory without any statistics about the frequency of this type of accident.
- jcims 6y agoSure. The risk is low, it just seems unusual given the tendency to wrap everything in five layers of liability reduction features.
- firethief 6y agoIt seems society's tolerance for mortal danger depends more on the cause of the risk than its magnitude. I guess the occasional gas accident is one of the acceptable reasons for people to die.
- mschuster91 6y ago> Unrelated to the article, but I'm surprised how many new gas stoves do not have a flame interlock on the burner valve. In Germany, it's (mostly) mandated by law to have these (see §4 FeuV for example: https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayFeuV2008-4 https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayFeuV2008-4), the only exception is when there's a powerful forced air ventilation system present and operating. Can't remember ever not seeing an interlock as a result, even the cheap IKEA gas stoves have one.
- crashcoot 6y agoThe Kenmore stove that was installed here has the ignition feature past the 9 levels of gas you can choose to release. That means to even get a flame going there would have to be wasted gas pushed into the air, and a lot of times it does not even light for several seconds, which usually leads to a following smell.