MIL just purchased a new gas range, its this one:
Otherwise seems like a nice 36" range for the price.
yes, it is possible and real easy to turn the controls past the sparking range without them lighting. You have to be smarter than the machine.
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No, you just have to use your brain.
yeah they can easily be bumped, one day this safety issue will have to be fixed.
it could happen with pilot models too, just bumped a little might not lite the pilot.
although this is much less likely today with the push to turn controls
On my gas range, you have to push the control before it will turn - two physical operations. Difficult to do accidentally.
Did you read what the OP wrote? It wasn't a leak it was a operator error that had the burner on without ignition.
There is a "safety feature" that the Gas Company has installed just to address this sort of issue - it's the obnoxious odor that gas has to alert you of its presence. Works well in most cases.
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