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No. The pilot light uses a thermocouple(safety device) to let the main gas valve know that the pilot is lit so that the main gas valve can operate safely by not letting the main gas valve turn on without a lit pilot light. This way, in no way can the main gas valve turn on until the heat from the pilot light causes the thermocouple to produce an electrical current which allows the main gas valve to operate when the thermostat switch closes.
So-- your oven DOES have a pilot light? Most ovens today, use ignitors-- not pilots--
However, if yours does have a pilot, Here is how we used to light ours back home many years ago.
We pushed in on the oven's thermostatic (Temperature control) knob. (Note-- that knob connected directly to the main gas valve-- so by pushing in on the knob, we were by-passing the safety's---
There was a little hole in the center of the oven-- bottom pan...
We had to have a match lit, and ready to go when we pushed in on the knob--
We inserted the burning (Wooden) match into the hole, and 'WHOOSH'!-- the pilot lit with a rush of gas and air-- It used to scare us kids!-- But Mom was brave!
I hope this helps-- But if you need more help, let us know--
On standing pilot ovens the maker uses a safety device to kill the gas in case the pilot blows out. As long as the pilot is lit the gas safety magnet hold the gas flap open inside the safety valve.To save energy the pilot has 2 flames. The standby pilot keeps the cooper/nickel probe/sensor warm so the oven will light faster, the 2nd pilot is much larger, only appears when the oven control is turned on and this is what opens that valve. So when you turn the oven knob on the gas leaves the control and goes downtown to burner land. If that pilot is lit and that slow opening flap inside that valve is open, then the gas will enter the burner tube and ignite when it hits the pilot. Pretty slick ain't it? So what can go wrong? With age the flap inside the safety valve will wear out, get weak, work a little, then take forever to light and eventually just goes bye bye. When you get ready to replace the valve it ain't gonna be adjusted exactamundo, you gotta tweak it. To do so after bubble testing for leaks and lighting the pilot you turn it on and observe the flames. It needs to be not more than half way up the flame spreader. If it is to small of a flame it will take forever to bake even a pie shell, if it is too much their could be burned bottom and in some cases fire hazards. OOPs.
If your oven still uses a pilot light, it also probably has a thermocouple positioned in the pilot's flame path to detect whether if is safe to turn on the main burner.
When the thermocouple fails, the oven thinks the pilot light is not lit and will not let gas flow to the primary burners.
The part isn't costly (should be <$20 US) but replacing it may require some expensive labor.
Get the oven checked out by a professional, if you have a gas leak you can easily blow up the entire house and you with it. I think you have a faulty gas valve based on what you wrote
I have a whirlpool accubake system / super capacity 465 oven ... the top burners do fine...but my oven pilot went out... and I don't know how to re-lite the pilot... the owners manual doesn't help ... it doesn't show anything a layman could understand ... no visual illustrations ... when I turn on the oven ... the display shows that it's been activated... it clicks a couple of times but does not light ... what is a simple way to re-light the pilot? thanks, A
Relighting Your Furnace's Pilot Light
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Turn off the gas at the main valve at your utility box
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Wait five to ten minutes for gas fumes to waft away
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Get a long match—yes, a fireplace match, not a standard match
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Set the gas valve on your furnace to "pilot"
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Press the red button as you hold the match to the pilot valve
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Keep pressing the red button for 30-60 seconds so the pilot can heat the
thermocouple. Release the button and see if the pilot remains lit
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If pilot goes out, wait five to ten minutes and repeat the process
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Once the pilot stays lit, turn the main gas valve back on
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If the pilot light continues to go out, call a technician, who may need
to adjust or replace your thermocouple or adjust your pilot
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pilot light is lit but oven does not heat up
my oven will not light. Broil works, the range top works, the self clean works, but the damned oven will not work on bake.
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