Comments on: Mailbag: Gas Stove Burners Won’t Ignite Automatically http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/ Your appliance repair weapon of mass instruction for all your appliance repair needs! Tue, 15 May 2012 21:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-45 another ignitor problem:<br /><br />I turned my stove on this morning and it came on like clock work but the clicking sound persisted. I shut the range off and still, every 3-5 seconds...it clicked. I can't get the *@#$ thing to stop clicking without unplugging it! It's like Chinese water torture. Any ideas? another ignitor problem:

I turned my stove on this morning and it came on like clock work but the clicking sound persisted. I shut the range off and still, every 3-5 seconds…it clicked. I can’t get the *@#$ thing to stop clicking without unplugging it! It’s like Chinese water torture. Any ideas?

]]> By: sally anderson http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-46 sally anderson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-46 I have the same problem - on a 50 year old Wedgewood gas stove. I don't think it has a spark module. Is there some thing i should clean that may be blocking the gas? I've stuck needles in all the little holes but it still won't start without a match. I have the same problem – on a 50 year old Wedgewood gas stove. I don’t think it has a spark module. Is there some thing i should clean that may be blocking the gas? I’ve stuck needles in all the little holes but it still won’t start without a match.

]]> By: Trudy http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Trudy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-47 The same thing hapened to me after I cleaned the cooktop. Two of the burners will light automatically, but the other two must be lit with a match. I also have cleaned the little holes. Is someone going to answer? Thanks. The same thing hapened to me after I cleaned the cooktop. Two of the burners will light automatically, but the other two must be lit with a match. I also have cleaned the little holes. Is someone going to answer? Thanks.

]]> By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Samurai Appliance Repair Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-48 Sounds like two different problems here: one, the spark module click continuously but the burner never fires up; the other, the spark module only fires up when the switch is turned, but the burner never fires up. In the first case, let the switches dry out and/or replace as needed. <BR/><BR/>In both cases with the burners, keep this in mind: if you have spark, gas, and air, you WILL have flame. Absent any one of those key elements, no flame. It's that simple. <BR/><BR/>So, if your burner isn't firing up, make sure you have a visible spark from the electrode and that it's jumping to the right place. You may hear a clicking, but id that spark is getting grounded out or misdirected somewhere, it's not going to be in the right place to ignite the gas. <BR/><BR/>Make the ignition ports in the sealed burner head are free of gookus so that there is gas present near the electrode to be ignited by the spark.<BR/><BR/>This ain't rocket science, people. But you will have to apply your nascent powers of observation to ensure the three key elements are present: spark,gas, air. Sounds like two different problems here: one, the spark module click continuously but the burner never fires up; the other, the spark module only fires up when the switch is turned, but the burner never fires up. In the first case, let the switches dry out and/or replace as needed.

In both cases with the burners, keep this in mind: if you have spark, gas, and air, you WILL have flame. Absent any one of those key elements, no flame. It’s that simple.

So, if your burner isn’t firing up, make sure you have a visible spark from the electrode and that it’s jumping to the right place. You may hear a clicking, but id that spark is getting grounded out or misdirected somewhere, it’s not going to be in the right place to ignite the gas.

Make the ignition ports in the sealed burner head are free of gookus so that there is gas present near the electrode to be ignited by the spark.

This ain’t rocket science, people. But you will have to apply your nascent powers of observation to ensure the three key elements are present: spark,gas, air.

]]> By: Anonymous http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-49 There is a visible spark and sometimes the burners light but not always. The flames aren't very big. Where should I look for blockage? There is a visible spark and sometimes the burners light but not always. The flames aren’t very big. Where should I look for blockage?

]]> By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Samurai Appliance Repair Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-50 Sounds like a bad burner valve. Sounds like a bad burner valve.

]]> By: Anonymous http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-51 I have a stove that keeps clicking after it has been ignited. I have replaced the spark module and burner switches twice. Still, click click click. Any suggestions? I have a stove that keeps clicking after it has been ignited. I have replaced the spark module and burner switches twice. Still, click click click. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man http://fixitnow.com/wp/2004/05/18/mailbag-gas-stove-burners-wont-ignite-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Samurai Appliance Repair Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=553#comment-52 Be sure to read <A HREF="http://fixitnow.com/2004/09/appliance-repair-revelation_17.htm" REL="nofollow">this article</A>. Be sure to read this article.

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