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<blockquote data-quote="RandyDSok" data-source="post: 169925" data-attributes="member: 201">Ok... a tip from a source ( my Dad ) and not from someone that has actually had to do it... I've just heard about it all my life since I was young... In short, this is about WHAT to do and not HOW to do it.The main goal you have to work towards is getting a pure blue flame on all of the burners including the one in the oven portion ... it can't have any yellow in it at all. To say that another way, it's about getting the right air gas mixture. The primary reason is for safety, you don't want it to produce carbon monoxide. Secondary to that is efficiency, so you are getting the hottest flame you can.It may take a little while to bleed out the air in the stove before you can set the air gas mixture... On an older stove without electronics it's easy to know when, the flame will constantly go out until the system is completely bled out. On newer systems with electronics, you also have a thermistor like you see in a house heater that it and it's electronics works properly. If you have the air bled from the system and the flame only stays on while you hold down the button for it to light up... check the thermistor and/or it's circuit. Which brings us to the spark system, if it has one, it's easy to know if it's working... no spark... no worky ( lol ). That should cover the basics in just about any gas stove.... the rest, the other electronics will depend on which make/model you have and how that portion of them work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RandyDSok, post: 169925, member: 201"] Ok... a tip from a source ( my Dad ) and not from someone that has actually had to do it... I've just heard about it all my life since I was young... In short, this is about WHAT to do and not HOW to do it. The main goal you have to work towards is getting a pure blue flame on all of the burners including the one in the oven portion ... it can't have any yellow in it at all. To say that another way, it's about getting the right air gas mixture. The primary reason is for safety, you don't want it to produce carbon monoxide. Secondary to that is efficiency, so you are getting the hottest flame you can. It may take a little while to bleed out the air in the stove before you can set the air gas mixture... On an older stove without electronics it's easy to know when, the flame will constantly go out until the system is completely bled out. On newer systems with electronics, you also have a thermistor like you see in a house heater that it and it's electronics works properly. If you have the air bled from the system and the flame only stays on while you hold down the button for it to light up... check the thermistor and/or it's circuit. Which brings us to the spark system, if it has one, it's easy to know if it's working... no spark... no worky ( lol ). That should cover the basics in just about any gas stove.... the rest, the other electronics will depend on which make/model you have and how that portion of them work. [/QUOTE]

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