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rockies
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# Posted: 4 Mar 2017 18:52
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The Premier gas range (can be converted to propane) was mentioned on this site as being the only gas oven made in North America that doesn't use "glow plugs".
http://solarhomestead.com/choosing-a-gas-range/
Glow plugs are essentially electric heating elements that glow red-hot to light the oven. They typically consume between 400 and 800 watts each and some ovens even have two of them (one per burner).
The glow plugs consume a lot more power than most homesteaders realize. Imagine baking for 5 hours at 800 watts. The result would be 4000 watt hours (4 kWh) consumed just to bake a turkey.
The other downside of these glow plugs is the oven cannot be lit manually in the event of a power outage (from low battery voltage or lightning), making the oven useless.
http://www.premierrange.com/index.php
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deercula
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2017 08:48
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I have this model.
http://www.premierrange.com/gasranges20open.php
also bought the attached storage shelf for it......Sweet.
http://www.premierrange.com/accessories-microwave-top-shelf.php
For off grid use, it is the cat's behind. I had to convert it from natural gas to propane. The range comes with all the needed parts installed. You just follow the instructions in the manual. Use an open end wrench, and a small screwdriver. Took about an hour. You also adjust the flame and pilot. This model has a battery for ignition of the burners and oven. If the battery is dead you can light it manually. The oven has a pilot that can be turned on or off. No clock, no lights, no frills. But it keeps me full of hot food and drink! Run it off a #20 tank with no problems.
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rockies
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2017 18:35
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I like finding stuff like this. Most people when they go into a store to buy a stove and they say "I want this for off grid. It has to be propane" would never think about the electricity needed to run a glow bar in the oven (I'll bet a lot of salemen wouldn't mention it either even if they knew about it).
Then the homeowner goes home and calculates the number of solar panels he needs to run the stove and shrugs thinking "Well, that's the best I can do. Every other stove is just like this one". Imagine finding out that you could of had a stove that uses much less power to do the same job.
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Atlincabin
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2017 11:19
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We use this Camp Chef:
https://www.campchef.com/deluxe-outdoor-oven.html
at our cabin. Much smaller than a conventional oven, runs on propane, no electricity, and considerably cheaper than the peerless or similar. Has two burners on top and small oven, both of which are sufficient for our needs. It has been running for a couple of summers (we're there all summer) on a single 20-lb tank. Oven takes a bit of getting used to but otherwise a nice unit.
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Asher
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2017 11:51
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I use to pick up from PeerLess in Belleville IL, daily until I switched positions a couple months ago... Great people and a really neat place, the ovens are shipped out of a VERY old building that is really neat..
I don't know anything about this oven but I know how glow plugs work on everything I have ever touched (water heaters, furnace, stove).. The glow plugs don't stay on and draw power continuously, they only come on long enough to light the fire then after the temp sensor gets heated enough to verify ignition the glow plug then shuts off.. They usually don't run for more then 30 seconds at a time.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2017 08:12
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I have the same. Bought it at Menards. Love it, great little unit. Baked a birthday cake for Mrs Fishie last summer. She was quite impressed.
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1967seniorsgt
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2017 07:16
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check lowes I bought a maytag it has igniters operated by d cell batteries the oven igniter lites a pilot lite, pilot will stay lite till you turn it off think mine was around 370$
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rockies
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# Posted: 9 Mar 2017 19:37
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There are a couple of models in each size of Peerless stoves that have battery ignition as well.
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