The RV Range is really handy for being able to cook meals when using your RV. Sheri and I have found that sometimes just being able to boil hotdogs can be a wonderful event.

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Sheri and I have discovered a few things you can and can’t do with an RV range. I think we have enough experience to also speculate on usage cases we haven’t personally utilized.

• Uses of your RV range
  • Cooking or boiling food
  • Using the oven for small things. We don’t use the oven for very many things.
• Things you really can’t do with your RV range
  • Baking anything of any real size
  • Don’t even bother with a turkey – hint – I’m telling you to plan ahead for Thanksgiving
  • Maybe you could do a ham – a small ham.
• Things to think about with your RV range
  • Make sure you use your range vent.

Tips for getting more out of your RV Range

• When turning on our propane for the first time, we light the range as a way of getting air bubbles out of the gas lines.
• Pick meals where you can get by with only one or two burners running at time – like a casserole.
• If you use the RV range in the summer, it will heat up the RV rapidly.
• Make sure you use the range hood to vent the fumes to the outside.

How to light your RV range

How to light a Suburban RV Stove with safety reminders

1. First make sure you have enough propane. Super important! People miss this all the time. You can get a propane gauge to make it easy here Amazon Listings of Highly ranked propane gauges
2. Make sure the propane it turned on. Silly, but again, people miss this.
3. Ensure  ALL burners and the oven are off when first lighting.
4. Make sure you do not smell propane. I can’t due to anosmia so I must rely on Sheri. Don’t light anything if you smell propane.
5. Turn on one burner to the LITE position. You might have to push and turn.
6. Only light one burner at a time – sequentially. Don’t turn all of them on to light.
7. Now immediately light the burner
   1. Manual lighting – If no button or knob saying “light” or “ignite” exists you are likely a manual stove. Or if you don’t hear a clicking noise.
      1. Sheri and I use one of the those long nose lighters. See examples of   long nose butane lighers on Amazon.
      2. The Suburban manual says use long matches. How quaint.
   2. If you hear clicking you may have a 12V powered automatic clicker. It should light the range within 1 or 2 seconds.
   3. If you have a button or rotator to manually create the spark, start making clicks. It should light quickly.
8. Provided there isn’t air in the system or a bad wind blows the flame out you should be good to go.
9. Finally, when done, turn the burners off.
10. RV special note: Pay special attention to space. Due to the smaller space of the RV, a lit RV range burner could be closer to something flammable than you think. Just keep your range surface clear.

How to light a Suburban RV Oven or the Suburban Oven Pilot Light:

Pilot lights are very interesting. The heat from the pilot light is what keeps the gas supply to the pilot light going. If the pilot light goes out, the heat goes away, and the gas to the pilot light turns off. Simple, effective and very cool.

Not all camping stoves will work this way. Just determine if the pilot light is a setting (stays on when in pilot position)  or a button (fancy valve like stated above).

1. First make sure you have enough propane. Super important! People miss this all the time. You can get a propane gauge to make it easy here Amazon Listings of Highly ranked propane gauges
2. Make sure the propane it turned on. Silly, but again, people miss this.
3. Ensure ALL burners and the oven are off when first lighting the pilot light.
4. Critically, make sure you do not smell propane. Never light anything with propane smells lingering.
5. Light the pilot light steps
   1. Open the oven door.
   2. Find the pilot light visually.
   3. Turn on your lighter or light your match.
   4. Look for a button or something that says “Pilot Light/Lite Pilot” .
   5. Depress that button. It is possible that this button is just a setting you keep the oven in.
   6. Put the lighter/match to the pilot light flame area inside the oven.
   7. Keep the button pressed for 5-10 seconds. Why? Because the flame has to heat the heat controlled valve that keeps the gas coming to the pilot light. It IS possible that this step isn’t needed depending on the strategy for the pilot light. It may simply be a setting without the fancy valve.
   8. Let go of the button. If pilot light stays lit – Yay you. Time to make green bean casserole.
6. Light the oven
   1. Turn the oven burner to any on position.
   2. You should clearly be able to hear or see the roar to life.
7. Finally, when done, turn the oven off.
8. RV Notes: The pilot light and the oven control may be a single
9. If the pilot light is a setting only, then setting it to off will extinguish the pilot light.

How to light an Atwood RV Oven or an Atwood Range:

I hate to burst any bubbles, but it is pretty much the same as the Suburban steps above.

RV Range and Oven Replacement Parts

• Suburban RV Range & Oven Replacement Parts
  • Replacement Suburban RV Ranges
  • Replacement Suburban RV Range Replacement Parts
  • Replacement Suburban RV Range Covers
• Atwood RV Range & Oven Replacement Parts
  • Replacement Atwood RV Ranges
  • Replacement Atwood RV Range Cover
  • Replacement Atwood RV Range Parts
• Miscellaneous RV Range & Oven Replacement Parts
  • Replacement RV Range Vent Cover
  • Replacement RV Range Hood

RV Range Manufacturers:

• Atwood
• Suburban

RV Range Owners Manuals or Users Instructions

• Atwood RV Range Cooktop RV CV RA CA 34 Models Installation Operation Maintenance Instructions Manual
• Atwood RV Range Cooktop 2004 Service Manual
• Suburban RV Range Cooktop SRNA3 Installation Operation Service Manual Instructions
• Suburban RV Range Cooktop SRNA3 Installation Operation Service Manual Instructions 2005

 

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