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Scrubbed the gas fixtures on stove top, won't light
I washed, scrubbed the lighting fixtures on my gas stove top. Now it won't light when I turn knobs on lite, nor will my oven come on.. the gas comes.. you can smell it. help?
Re: scrubbed the gas fixtures on stove top, won't light
This is something I do not recommend you do yourseelf, but there is a adjustment screw on the front under the panel near the knobs little screw that can be adjusted
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on most, your push down and turn to hi to open gas valve and turn on piezio to light burner. it sounds like you have a knob already turned on . the control under the knob may need replacing. kinda an easy replacement if you get new part. check out repairclinic.com for video(maybe) but for parts for sure. be careful. gas is explosive.
For starters turn the electric off. Is your range gas or electric? When you turn the knobs to off do the lights stay on? What brand and model number do you have?
The best way to find out if if your stove has a pilot light, is to lift the top panel of the range . The pilot will usually be located between the burners. Typically you will have two pilots. One for the left and one for the right. The pilot light will ignite with a match without having to turn the burner knobs to the "on" position. Good luck
Remove from stove soak them in a sink of hot water and bleach for about 15 min then lightly scrub with scouring pad and they should come sparkling clean.
There is not pilot light on the stove top since the burner is activated by a spark generate by high voltage to a small ceramic disk with a wire protruding from it by the burner.
You have the have AC Power to the stove and you should hear a clicking when you slightly turn on the burner. Once the burner is on fire then turn the burner control to the desired temperature. If the burner will not light after 4 seconds of clicking sounds turn the burner control off and make sure the round gas diffuser on top of the burner is correctly seated on the burner. It should lock in place and is removable for daily cleaning of the stove. Now try the burner control again in the light position for no more than four seconds to see if it lights.
Do you smell gas? Do you hear clicking when slightly turning the burner knob? If yes to both the stove is working and the top of the burner is not seated correctly. If no on either or both you may have a stove, electrical or gas problem.
Is it a (relatively) new stove - i.e. piezoelectric spark igniters?
If so, is there a "lite" or "pilot" (or some such) position on the knob? On most stoves you have to turn the knob to that position, it starts clicking, you may smell a little gas, and then it lights.
Is that happening?
When you turn it to the lite position, can you see a little spark in burner. Often these igniters stop working and need to be replaced.
I have a GE Gas Stove XL44 the stove top buners don't light by themselves without manual lighting. When I turn on the buner knob the buner doesn't click. Also I used my self- cleaning oven for the first time and stopped it before the time was up after that is when the stove top buners wouldn't light by theirselves.
no gas flow sounds like a bad gas regulato on the stove. as for the 5 year old ge profile with ignitors not working, you need a part called a spark modual
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