Jenn-Air JGS8850AD Gas Kitchen Range "millivolt valves" Questions

what supplies the voltage to the gas valve in the oven compatment? The voltage is supplied by the thermocoupler. The pilot flame heats the bi-metal tubing and produces a few millivolts to open the gas

...that must be corrected first. Once the generator is fully bathed, it should put out at least 500 millivolts. New generators will easily exceed this level, but you want to see at least 500 mV. I ...

how to lite the gas oven polit When you turn the thermostat on the pilot light goes to secondary flame. The flame kicks on to the oven safety valve thermocouple. When it gets hot enough it generates ...

pilot light comes on but oven wont heat up The gas valve has a bimetal flap in it that is acticated by the small probe washing in the flame of that pilot light. Clever ain't it? Sometimes you can re ...

...only flowing if the heater is on and burning off the gas. There is a device, called a Thermopile or Millivolt Generator, that looks like a cylinder about 1/4 in diameter, and probably about 2" long, ...