will my mains automatic ignition gas cooker work in a power

Hello, first of all I am really sorry for this basic question but will my new mains automatic ignition gas cooker work in a power cut? I am used to a manual ignition and purchased the new cooker last week and have scanned the instruction manual from cover to cover with no joy. Many thanks

No it won't.

Simulate a power cut by unplugging the cooker from the electric socket. Turn on a gas burner and try lighting it with a match or gas lighter. If it works then your cooker will work during power cuts, If not then you know it wont.

You may find the hob will work manually, but the oven may not. As JJ says, turn off power but ry hob, grill and oven seperately

You will find that most modern gas cookers come equipped with a flame failure device which in turn means that in the case of a power cut, you won't be able to light the gas hobs or the oven using the electronic ignition or manual ignition if you delay even by as little as 3 seconds.

The key to lighting hobs/ovens like these is speed - If you turn the gas valve on and try using electronic ignition when there's no power, it won't light and after the first two or three seconds, the flame failure device cuts off the gas supply so you won't be able to light it manually either.

However, if you hold a lit match near the gas burner or the burner in the oven and then turn on the gas supply, it will light immediately and once lit, it will stay lit without the flame failure device kicking in. So....if you turn the gas supply on and dilly dally around and then try to light it, you won't be able to. But if you go by what experience has taught most of us and first strike a match and hold it near the burner (be it the hobs or the oven), it will light - irrespective of whether there's mains power or not.

The key to lighting hobs/ovens like these is speed - If you turn the gas valve on and try using electronic ignition when there's no power, it won't light and after the first two or three seconds, the flame failure device cuts off the gas supply so you won't be able to light it manually either.

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Sorry,but that`s complete rubbish.The flame failure on almost all cookers is of a mechanical nature,occasionally you will come across an oven with an electrical solenoid control but otherwise they are almost all controllled through heat and a physical act.The ignition itself is almost always simple,push button,make circuit,spark happens,nothing more.

ie:-you have to actually PUSH the knob in for gas to flow to the burner,then once the burner is alight it heats a thermocouple which makes a small current which opens the thermo-electric valve,if the heat is removed from the thermocouple the valve closes.This means you can usually use matches to light the burners and you can turn the burners on before or after you strike the match.

The type of ignition you are describing IS used in modern C/H boilers.