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AQUILA OPERATING MANUAL
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To Light the Oven:
Since the oven burner is out of sight when the door is closed and it is on, and since while in use, the flame,
controlled by the oven thermostat, goes on and off to control the temperature accurately, the oven has a pilot
light that lights it when in use. Therefore the cook must “light the pilot” when the stove’s oven is to be used.
Also, by not leaving the pilot light on all the time since the oven isn’t used at every meal, the boat’s propane is
conserved.
Just as with the burners, lighting the oven is easy, and will take about 20 seconds:
1. Follow steps (1) and (2) above turning on the circuit breaker and propane switch.
2. Locate the pilot light assembly in the opening under the oven divider, at the right front of the
burner assembly.
3. Turn the oven control to “light”, and, while holding the red “oven light” button on the right side of
the range, use a match or butane fire-lighter to light the pilot light, holding the red button in for
another fifteen seconds after the pilot is lit for the thermocouple to heat up and allow the pilot to
stay on. If the pilot will not stay lit, hold the button in longer!
4. Adjust the thermostat to the desired temperature.
Note: The oven burner will not immediately light! For safety reasons, the control has
a slight time delay, and the oven’s main burner will light after about 20 or 30 seconds
following control-setting. In this way, the burner does not “puff” on and off as you
adjust the control.
5. Until you are completely done with the oven for this cooking session, you may leave the control
in the “light” position between cooking your dishes, so that to use it some more all you need to
do is re-set it to a temperature --- the pilot is still lit.
6. When done with the oven for this meal, turn it completely “off”. The pilot light will go out.