This tiny flame is used to light bigger ones on your stovetop burners and oven.
Pilot light stove.
Older models use a pilot light in the oven and another for each burner as their method for lighting the flame.
Modern gas stoves use a piezoelectric igniter to generate a spark that ignites your gas.
Then light the pilot light in the small hole at the bottom of the oven.
You should see a small switch or valve that you can turn from on to off.
Usually your stove s pilot light switch is located along the gas line on the inside of the stovetop.
Troubleshooting for an oven pilot light.
Adjusting the pilot flame height by turning the pilot ignition screw.
Using a short wire to clean out the flash tubes running from the pilot to the oven burner.
Occasionally that light can go off whether it s because it s covered in debris a draft or other gust of wind has blown it out or you have an older over that s gotten finnecky over time.
A pilot light is a small gas flame usually natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas which serves as an ignition source for a more powerful gas burner originally a pilot light was kept permanently alight but this wastes gas.
Handling the gas line should be done with caution.
Use a long stemmed lighter to light the pilot lights.
Hold the flame until the pilot light ignites and stay lit.
The first step in diagnosing a pilot light problem with your oven is to make sure the oven even has a pilot.
Now it is more common to light a burner electrically but gas pilot lights are still used when a high energy ignition source is necessary as in when lighting a large burner.
The pilot light is a small gas light meant to burn continuously in order to light a larger burner when needed but it may go out if a draft extinguishes the light its valve is dirty or the.
Light the burner pilots first then turn on the two back burners before you light the oven pilot.
If the oven has a pilot light ignition system try.
Checking whether the pilot flame is present.
Most ovens have a glow bar ignition system.
You ll find the oven pilot under the oven floor at the back of the oven compartment.
In older gas stoves a small light called a pilot should constantly be on.
Gas stoves with standing pilots have three separate flames two for the burners and one for the oven.
The pilot is typically shut off before the stove is moved or installed or in seasonal situations where it might not be used for an extended period.
Turning off the power of the range.
Light both pilot light valves.
