What is the world coming to? Timers on gas cooker regulators?

[Dr. Strangelove]

What in tarnation is this mess? Borrowed a gas burner from a friend for a crawfish boil tomorrow (some lowlife friend of mine probably has my burner, I just can't remember who I loaned it to) and discovered it had a battery operated timer thingy on the regulator that only lets it run fifteen minutes at a time!

He had never used it and I've never seen such a thing. I ended up taking off the regulator and hose and attached normal one I had lying around.

Whose idea is his and how is a good one? So every fifteen minutes I've got to crawl under a pot of boiling water/oil/whatever and relight this piece of garbage? Oh heck no. It's worse than just letting it burn in my opinion.

 

[georgiadawgs44]

That’s crazy. Idiots.

 

[coolbreezeroho]

all in the name of safety

 

[Paymaster]

The gooberment protecting us subjects.

 

[pop pop jones]

They put it on there, cause they know how stupid we are.

 

[Timberman]

The grease isn’t even ready to go! Smh

 

[ugajay]

That's as dumb as a sack of rocks

 

[sportsman94]

I had one of these one time for a little while. Think I taped the timer to stay at 15 minutes the whole time. Just the government protecting you from you!

 

[IIICrkRepr]

I hate those timers with a passion.

 

[Milkman]

If it weren’t unsafe .............Take it off and tie down the push button with a zip tie.

 

[ryork]

Nanny State at its finest.....

 

[Para Bellum]

What in tarnation is this mess? Borrowed a gas burner from a friend for a crawfish boil tomorrow (some lowlife friend of mine probably has my burner, I just can't remember who I loaned it to) and discovered it had a battery operated timer thingy on the regulator that only lets it run fifteen minutes at a time!

He had never used it and I've never seen such a thing. I ended up taking off the regulator and hose and attached normal one I had lying around.

Whose idea is his and how is a good one? So every fifteen minutes I've got to crawl under a pot of boiling water/oil/whatever and relight this piece of garbage? Oh heck no. It's worse than just letting it burn in my opinion.

I had a buddy with one like that. We bypassed it. I hate safety stuff. Anti lock brakes, reverse switch on lawn tractors, etc.