• dan1101@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    The pilot lights always seemed like a wasteful idea to me, never even considering they would be releasing combustion byproducts into the air all the time.

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      2 months ago

      I’m not aware of any modern residential gas stoves which use a pilot, they use a spark to ignite on demand. Commercial ranges sometimes have a pilot though.

      It’s still relatively common to have a pilot in a gas water heater or furnace though.