Starting the stove

[davelinde]

DW is very upset that the stove has no starter. I tried to tell her that a $2 lighter is easy but she hates using them and misses the piezo-electric spark we used to have on our old rig...

Anyone find a source to retro-fit that? Unlike many we actually use our stove and oven daily when camping and little things like that matter to DW... so I do strive to please if possible (and until I do I'm sure I'll hear... "honey please come start the stove" -- she refuses to start the grills too...)

 

[Ray LeTourneau]

Dave, here is a link to a modification that another member did. I think a few others followed suite. //heartlandowners.org/showthread.php?t=3978&highlight=oven+igniter

 

[tbsimmons]

The wife and I were a little upset also when we got our 09 3912 had no starter on the stove. The old 06 fiver we had that was half the price had a starter. After the first trip when we noticed I asked the dealer about it and got some trailers come with them and some don't.

 

[Uncle Rog]

I was on my 3rd RV before I found out about pushing in the oven knob to light the burner! It would take a box of matches to get the pilot lit, even worse, Suzin was the one who told me! She said she felt bad watching me on the floor lighting matches...................

 

[sjrellis]

I also am aggravated that it has no starter. On ours, it is a 2 person job! (Unless you are limber like lizzy). I now use the half time oven and got a toaster oven. If I really want to use it, I get dh to help me light it. I do not understand why this is the oven installed! How much can a starter cost?

 

[sasha_j]

Is it the oven itself that is missing a strike starter? Or is it the range top burners? Or both?

 

[davelinde]

Is it the oven itself that is missing a strike starter? Or is it the range top burners? Or both?

Both, although the oven has a standing pilot light.

 

[sasha_j]

I am utterly dumbfounded by this. I thought all RV's, even the least costly come with strike starters for the range top burners.

 

[davelinde]

I am utterly dumbfounded by this. I thought all RV's, even the least costly come with strike starters for the range top burners.

me too
they don't
odd.

 

[Havacyclone]

I too and my DW were VERY disapointed about not having a electronic ignitor. My 3 year old Raptor was better outfitted at a much less cost.