How to Adjust the Flame on Your Gas Range

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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A pilot flame that's too high will damage your cooktop. If it's too low, you'll have to relight it frequently. Here's how to adjust it so it's always just right.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Gas Ranges
Screwdriver Sets

Step1

Find the tube that feeds the burner. There's a burner air adjustment on it that mixes the air and gas.

Step2

Look to see what type of burner air adjustment you have: It will either be a barrel-shaped chamber or triangle-shaped with a cover plate.

Step3

Loosen the air-shutter screw on the barrel-shaped type. This screw is on the end of the barrel closest to the burner.

Step4

Open the shutter on the barrel-shaped type by turning it counterclockwise; close it by turning it clockwise. Opening it will add more air, which will make the flame higher; closing it will reduce the air in the mix and lower the flame.

Step5

Loosen the screw holding the plate on the triangle-shaped burner air adjustment. Don't remove the screw - it just needs to be loose enough to move the plate.

Step6

Move the plate so that the opening is either more open or more closed. More open will make the flame higher whereas more closed will lower the flame.