Exactly, why not one of those long nosed gas lighters? Way back when the mountains were still cooling we used to have a battery powered gas lighter. They were common in England at the time for lighting your gas oven or grill or cook top burners. Again it was nothing more than a long stem with a jar like bottom which threaded down over a specially designed battery. There was a little glow element at the end and you just pushed it into the gas stream and held down a little button until the gas went Pouf! Haven't seen them on this side of the pond though.
Anyway, the barbecue lighter will work just fine. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:58 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Gas lamp problem > We have two gas-fired lamps or lanterns on posts at the front of our > property. Occasionally, as happened yesterday or so, the wing gets just > right, and blows through the touch hold or whatever you call it and > extinguishes the flames. The hole I mention, is maybe a half inch in > diameter, and you have to stick a match or whatever through that to > ignite the gas. There's no thermocoupler or anything like that, the gas > just flows. > > Anyway, I can't for the life of me get a kitchen match to stay lit while > fumbling it into this hole. The wind doesn't seem to be an issue at > this momen. > > I have an idea I could make something out of three kitchen matches > wrapped in nychrome (sp) wire and hooked to a battery, but I don't > really want to do that. > > Does anyone know of a device, say something like one of those > battery-powered units you see on gas grills that I can buy to use for > this? > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 23/02/2007 > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
