>>>"I haven't needed to light the burners sans electricity but I have no reason to believe they won't ignite that way. One cool thing I noticed is if you blow out a burner it will automatically reignite. I don't know how many other high-end ranges do that, but I know my old standard-issue gas range I had years ago did not."I think most pro-style ranges have that circuitry. With my NXR I've had some random clicking. Once it was a bit of crud or something around the ignitor (easily blown off) and a couple of times I had knocked the little center burner cap while cleaning.(That's something that can happen with the NXR's double stacked burner design. Wolf stoves use the same make of burner and also exhibit this sometimes. A couple of years ago, there were postings about Wolf having had a run of bad ignitors which caused problems for about six months until they got the problem sorted out.)You won't have that cap problem with the star burner design and I would guess that the AR's star burner design makes it easier to see when something gets on the ignitors. I found canned air (computer dusters) is handy for fixing the crud the one time it happened to me. On lighting w/o electricity, I asked because of numbers of posts in the wake of Sandy & Athena where folks have been surprised to discover that their particular gas stove cannot be lit manually.I recalled seeing something in the AR manual that said not to light the burners manually because electrically operated safety mechanisms would not work.It was not clear if that was manufacturer CYA/legalese (i.e., the burners actually can be lit manually but the maker's legal advisors do not want them to say so) or if there is an electrical interlock. as with some Maytag and Electrolux gas and DF ranges, which will not allow gas to flow at all without electrical power being supplied to the stove. I see your dealer was in Salt Lake which puts you on the other side of the Rockies from me. Here, we get NG in town but have to rely on LP in most of the surrounding area.Do you have natural gas service or are you out where you had to get a propane version of the stove? Did your SLC dealer deliver and install your stove or was it like the NXR where it basically comes to the curb and you are responsible for installation (either doing it yourself or separately hiring it out)? Also, being at altitude, did you have to specify anything about that? Some stove makers let you specify your altitude and they pre-adjust the stove for you. Others leave this up to the dealers. And others leave it up to you.I was suprised to find that my NXR showed up here (6000 feet) with the oven and three stove-top burners already adjusted for this altitude.I had to adjust afourth burner to get the low setting from flickering out. I also use a Lodge CI griddle.I was a little concerned that it might be a bit short for the burner spacing, but it has turned out to be fine.I've found it takes about 15 minutes to fully preheat to where I can cook on it. I do not run the burners full because of concerns about thermal shock from heating it too quickly. There have been numbers of posts about that with induction users because those stoves can really ramp up heat in CI in a very short time.With those 25k-btu-hr burners on the AR, I'm wondering if you might have a similar concern? The other concern I have with the Lodge griddle on my NXR is that it has flat handles and the design of the burner grates is such that it is hard to grab those flat handles if I need to lift or drain the griddle.(The griddle has a channel to hold run-off from, say, cooking bacon, but it is not very deep and can fill up quickly if you cook a lot of bacon at once.)Have you run into this problem with your AR? This post was edited by JWVideo on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 16:32

Are you comfortable running the wire from your doorbell to where you’d mount the transformer? If so, that is literally the hardest part of installing a wired doorbell. I just installed mine without an existing wired doorbell. I was lucky as the spot I wanted to mount it was in close proximity to interior trim. I pulled the trim away from the wall, and my vinyl siding away from the exterior wall (not required) and drilled a tiny hole for the bell wire. Make sure to caulk the hole, but not until you confirm the bell is working and no issues with the wire. I DO have a basement, and my utility room happened to be just below my front door which worked out great. As others mentioned, transformers fail, so I opted for a plug in ELK 16v transformer so it could be easily replaced without having to turn off a breaker. For a direct wired Ring, you also need to call them and get a free adapter (basicslly an in-line fuse) to put between the bell and the transformer. You will also need a separate chime if you want one. Last but not least, you need to have a pretty good wireless signal where the doorbell will be installed. Your signal will directly affect your video quality and speed of accessing the bell from the app.

We put ours up to replace regular outdoor lights so all of the wiring was present. For the most part, my husband was able to install by himself, just needed a third hand a time or two. I will say that the support staff at Ring is top notch, in the event of any problems or questions. We experienced issues with our front door camera and talked to someone who tried like crazy to figure out the issue, but with no luck. He had another one on the way before we hung up! Fortunately, we figured out a little later that we were doing something wrong, it wasn't a faulty camera at all. We sent the new camera straight back when it arrived.

I have a Ring Pro, which I know you are not asking about. I have had it since December and love it. The Pro is on sale at Costco right now for $199. The benefit of paying a bit more is the Costco deal comes with one year of free monitoring. Otherwise you will end up paying $3 per month for the monitoring and still end up with the same out of pocket expense as the Ring 2 mentioned above. You have to sign in to see the Costco price. On the other hand, Best Buy has the Pro, chime, and a 3rd gen. Echo Dot bundle for $229. The Echo Dot shows as a free add on after you add the Chime and Pro bundle to your cart. I purchased my Ring Pro from Best Buy and could never get the chime to connect. My Pro works perfectly without the chime.