"Lee Haefele" wrote in message
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How old is that stove? My 1984 stove has the thermo couple shutoff. My
guess is that it is not a "Marine" stove. If the solenoid was not
connected to the breaker, it would require a fuse. Suggest that you paint
the propane breaker with red nail polish, so that you don't flip it off by
accident. The stove should have thermo cutoffs, cooking at sea, I find
extra burners turned on when passed by swaying crew.
Lee Haefele
Nauticat 33 Alesto, Ithaca, NY

I have a switch near the stove, and another at the breaker panel -
being a cat its appropriate to be able to shut it off from either
hull. Given that either of these two could momentarily shut off the
gas, it would seem that the only solution is to do all of the following:
a) never leave the stove unattended
b) appreciate what what happens if a switch is turned off and on
c) have a sniffer running whenever gas might be used
d) have a thermostatic shutoff on the stove

Have a problem with last one for an old stove!



The 1983 Hillerange in my boat did not have thermocouple shutoffs at the
burners.
When I took the CYA cruising certification many years ago the instructor
said all marine stoves had thermocouple shutoffs. A while later a group of
us chartered a C&C 38 with me as skipper. Around dinner time I noticed
someone had turned on a stove burner and I could hear gas coming out. Well,
there were not shutoffs on this stove. I complained to the charter folks
that there were no signs warning of this but they said it was my
responsibility to inspect everything on the boat before using it. I guess
they didn't really care if someone blew up the boat.
These days I have a new Plastimo with thermocouple shutoffs.