Gas Oven Pilot Won T Light

First the igniter draws electrical current through the oven safety valve to open it.

Gas oven pilot won t light. Hey guys i ve got an older model in wall gas double oven that won t light. New technology in many cases is less reliable than old. Gas stoves with standing pilots have three separate flames two for the burners and one for the oven. My mother had a ge refrigerator that was 45 years old and had run continuously for the entire time.

In this hvac training video i show up close how the thermocouple pilot light and gas valve work on a water heater furnace fireplace as well as other ap. Be respectful keep it civil and stay on topic. You ll find the oven pilot under the oven floor at the back of the oven compartment. A pilot light system has a gas supply tube ending with a small flame aperture.

This is next to or underneath a thermocouple device that controls the flow of gas to the pilot flame. The igniter is the most commonly defective part for a gas oven that won t turn on. The igniter has two main functions. Relight a gas oven s pilot light if your casserole won t cook because your oven isn t getting hot it s time to check the pilot light.

If the oven has a pilot light you will see a gas tube that may or may. Ensure the entire appliance is off. The hot surface igniter is used in modern gas oven burners to open the gas valve and to ignite the gas. I have a gas oven that was installed when the house was built in 1964 that uses a gas pilot light and it is still going strong never a single repair.

It operated on a standing pilot light and when you attempt to turn the oven on the heating pilot is active and has the correct flame but it won t catch on the main gas burner bar to create the heating flame. Open the oven and expose the pilot and burner assembly by removing the cover plate and flame spreader if there is one. This sequence normally takes about a minute. Light the burner pilots first then turn on the two back burners before you light the oven pilot.

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