The valve/control knob for the center burner has been fitted with a jet that is too large for the size of the burner and the gas pressure coming to your cooktop. My guess is that they forgot to change it with the one rated for the pressure of your gas supply during the first install of the unit.
The clicking is caused by the damage done to the igniter - the flames have damaged its insulation and now it gets constantly triggered.
The damage done to the cooktop is very high, it's unsafe to use in this condition. To fix it a real repairman (not the ones you have used up until now) will have to install a smaller jet - the one that should have been installed from the beggining, replace the igniter and readjust everything. Because of the extent of the damage i strongly recommend you to call another repairman as soon as possible.
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Yes, the jet is definitely too large - either the one for NG is still there (the one who made the install of the kit forgot about it) or it's the wrong one. If you can't source the correct jet you will have to try to use the one for the right rear burner - they are close in size. The igniter could have been damaged and the clicking to occur at another burner - this is why you must test the entire system. The parts for it appeart to be the correct ones, maybe they were fitted incorrectly.
Most likely the original jet is still in the unit - it wasn't changed with the one in the conversion kit.
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Thankyou for your help I am sending your info on to my repair person. We have a problem in my area that there is no one local who know this cooktop. Jim is my 3rd repair person for this. He called the company multiple times looking for help but to no avail.
I will follow up with you tomorrow. thanks pam
He is probably right. As I have said from the beginning, I know nothing about wind crest. The parts I installed last year, were the one's provided to me by the windcrest tech, and were ordered by model number, and were for LP gas at 11" of pressure. So they should have been correct, and they included an LP conversion kit, that had not been installed originally. It seems to me that Wind Crest is a bit "fly by night". the parts installed were:
10792.00 Burner Base 18.5 01-036-366-01
10816.00 Screw 18.5 M4 X8 17-000-003-01
10787.02 Electrode 18.5 01-044-016
10923.00 Spring Electrode 18.5 15-000-120
10786.01 Clip for Electrode 21-000-002-02
10692.00 FIELD LP CONVERSION KIT CTG305D
The igniter clicking is, as I remember, from a different burner. It should not be effected, but I may be wrong. It really should be dealt with by someone trained on WindCrest, but I doubt that there is anyone around here.
Jim V
Do you still think the jet is too large if it is the one supplied to us by the company?
pam
Thankyou I will call another store and see if I can find another repair person. I am confused did we get a new jet? right part?
pam
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