Stove and cooktop repair · Tulsa, OK
It clicks and clicks and never catches, or it doesn’t click at all. Most of the time the cause is sitting right on top of the stove.
Before you call
Smell gas? Don’t touch any switches. Leave the house and call your gas company from outside. If a burner hasn’t lit within a few seconds, turn the knob off and give the gas a few minutes to clear before you try again.
What usually causes it
The igniter is the small white ceramic post beside each burner. Spilled food, grease or water on it lets the spark leak away before it can reach the gas.
Colby cleans and dries the burner and igniter and checks that the spark is strong again.
The cap spreads the flame and sits just above the igniter. When it’s off-center, upside down, or on the wrong burner, the gas comes out where the spark can’t light it.
He seats the caps correctly and shows you how they line up.
A knock from a heavy pot or a grate can crack the ceramic. The spark then jumps through the crack to the metal underneath, and that burner clicks without lighting.
He replaces the igniter and its wire.
One module makes the spark for every burner. If none of them click, or all of them click weakly, the module is a likely cause.
He tests the module’s output and replaces it if it isn’t making a good spark.
Each knob has a switch behind it that tells the module to spark. On most stoves any knob clicks every igniter, so if one knob does nothing while the others click, that knob’s switch has failed.
He replaces the switch, and checks the others if spills have reached them.
Questions
AThe spark is there, but the gas isn’t catching. Usually the cap is crooked, the burner is still wet, or the ports are blocked; sometimes the spark is landing somewhere other than the burner.
AYes. One burner points to that burner’s cap, igniter or switch. When none of them light, the spark module, the power or the gas supply is more likely.
AYes. There’s a diagnostic fee for the visit, and if you have Colby do the repair, the diagnostic fee is waived.
AMost appointments are within 48 hours, many within 24, and often the same day. Call or text and Colby will give you the soonest time he has.
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