Pilot Light Gas Usage

[tux_sf]

Hi All-
First off, I'm pretty new around here. I've mostly lurked since signing up back in March, only posting to a couple of threads. But my 'new' Chambers model 15-B built around 1947 (thanks to all of the great information here on how to find that out!) has been in for a couple of weeks now & I've got a question.

I'm wondering if anyone has an idea how much gas is used by the 2 pilot lights (burner & t-well)? The stove top gets pretty hot from the pilot & the t-well lid is warm from that pilot. Both are adjusted to the 'small blue cone,' so I think they are set correctly.

Also, I've seen a couple of postings where people mention that they keep the 2 pilots off. How many people work with it this way? Outside of ruining my weekday oatmeal in the t-well, are there any other issues with doing this I should be aware of, besides the obvious one of keeping matches/lighter handy.

Oddly enough, my previous nasty, modern stove had electronic pilots that mostly died shortly after we moved in, so I'm used to having to light the burners! I have to say, the last couple of weeks cooking with the Chambers have been a great experience. Never cooked on such a wonderful stove before.

-Danny

[lowracer]

I leave those two pilots on during the cold months and shut them off during the summer. The warm surfaces are good for keeping plates warm while making pancakes or eggs on the griddle. I don't think they use much gas at all when properly adjusted and I don't lose any sleep over letting them run. I do switch off the oven pilot after the oven is done for the day, but we don't use the oven too often compared to the stovetop.

Go down into your basement and look inside the service panel of your hot water heater. There's a pilot in there too and it is much bigger than either of the chambers pilots.

[tux_sf]

Thanks for the reply. That was pretty much what I thought. It was the 'better half' that was worried about this. I brought up the water heater pilot too, although I never thought of showing it by way of comparison (good idea!).