How To Test Oven Gas Valve

This video is part of the heating and cooling series of training videos made to accompany my web.

How to test oven gas valve. If electrical resistance stays low in the ignitor the burner flame continues to heat the ignitor. These two videos show you how to test each one to determine if they re bad. For example if the temperature in your house falls below the setting on the thermostat such as 68 degrees fahrenheit the gas valve opens to activate the furnace and produce more heat. Gas ovens unlike gas cooktops use a burner hidden from view so you can t see whether the burner has ignited.

The oven safety valve or the igniter itself. Ignitor is number one safety valve is number two. Each burner receives gas through a small metallic tube that connects between the burner and the safety valve that s located in the front of the burner compartment. They re also the two most common fail items that will stop an oven from working.

How to test a gas range igniter oven safety valve. The power goes through the safety valve as 120 volts but because the amperage is all being hogged by the ignitor the gas valve opens up and allows gas to flow out into the burner and ignite. Read our guide for checking the gas regulator shut off valve. The safety valve is often misdiagnosed as the most common problem for a.

This video demonstrates how to test a safety valve on a gas oven. This one shows how to do a voltmeter check of the gas valve. When the building reaches the desired temperature a separate signal causes the gas valve to close. To prevent an explosion hazard from an unlit.

Testing with a multimeter lets you know the valve works. Unless it is leaking most of the time the gas safety valve is not the problem. October 4 2019 if you ve determined that the oven igniter in your gas range is glowing but there s still no flame there are two components that could be at fault. The ignitor and gas safety valve are the two key workhorse components in a gas oven or range.

How a gas oven safety valve works.