It’s a lie to just blanketly say “there is no longer any danger of accidentally leaving a gas range open with no flame.” Yes flame failure detectors exist, but (in the US anyway) there is no regulation requiring them, and is usually reserved for the higher end models of modern stoves. The vast majority of existing stoves have nothing more than a simple valve and nothing stopping it from being left open and unlit.
From propaneHQ.com. “It is important to note, however, that if you smell propane at any time in your house, you should take it seriously and take appropriate safety measures.”. Dude you should not just be getting used to the smell of propane. Ferrelgas, Amerigas, & Foster Fuels all say if you can smell it, it is either empty or leaking, but it needs to be shut off either way.
Perfide@reddthat.com 5 months ago
My gas stove can stay on indefinitely with no flame. There’s no regulations requiring it in all stoves, and not everyone has a modern high end stove. Seriously dangerous to just blanket statement say all gas stoves are safe.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Says it right there. “Obviously don’t take chances”. When youre literate this means that yes, you may have an old stove that doesn’t have it and your building code may not require it. Unless it was necessary to say, don’t bet your life on something you misread on memes.
It’s not just high end stoves either, the valves are not that expensive and mostly come by default nowdays because they want to sell the same appliances globally. It’s been at least a decade too.
The real joke is that you’re misrepresenting my statement as “blanket” while using the only developed country who doesn’t do it. You’re the exception really. I still made sure to say to not take chances, just for you snowflakes.