LPG domestic cooker not requiring electricity supply?

[charles]

you used to be able to get gas cookers with battery ignition as well as some that used a piezo effect spark.

[John Williamson]

It has a built in igniter which needs mains, but works fine as a cooker when it's unplugged if you use a match, cigarette lighter or cheap piezo igniter. No matter how you light it, you need to hold the control knob pressed in until the thermocouple warms up.

[Harry Davis]

John Williamson wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Thanks for this. I've been having trouble finding one. So many droids are telling me it's ever so dangerous to use matches. So I may just go out and get one just like yours!

Just to confirm - can you light the oven (not just the hob) when it's unplugged?

(I meant to say "oven" but typed "cooker" instead above.)

Thanks again!

Harry

[John Williamson]

Yes, just watch out for your hair and eyebrows. ;-)