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| I am in the path of Hurricane Sandy and am anticipating being without power for a couple of days. My husband thinks I should still be able to use the GE Profile (RGB745) stove by lighting the burners with a match.
Do any of you know if this is safe? I am all about serving my family hot meals whenever I can, but not if I am puttig anyone at risk. Thank you so much for any help/advice Alexa |
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| Yes it is safe. It is one of the advantages of gas that gets cited in every discussion of the merits/downsides of induction or other electric stoves. Every GE-made stove's manual will say something like this: "In case of a power failure, you can light the surface Personally, I prefer to use a BBQ lighter, but I've lit a burner with a match when I had to. Did you toss the manual when you bought the stove? Maybe it came with the house? Do a search. The manual should be avalaible as a pdf download. By the way, RGB745 sounds like the model number for a Hotpoint stove (GE sub-brand). A GE Profile will have a model number that will look something like JGB915 or J2B910. Good luck with the storm. |
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- Posted by maire_cate (My Page) on Sun, Oct 28, 12 at 21:46
| We have frequent power outages at our vacation home in the mountains and regularly light our GE Profile cooktop with matches. I usually use the long matches that we use to light the woodstove - it's easier to avoid the little 'poof' that sometimes occurs. |
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