Stove and cooktop repair · Tulsa, OK
Tick, tick, tick with every knob off, or a burner that keeps clicking after it lights. It’s usually water, and sometimes a switch.
Before you call
Smell gas? Don’t touch any switches. Leave the house and call your gas company from outside. If a burner is clicking with its gas on but won’t light, turn that knob off.
What usually causes it
Water from a boilover or a cleaning runs down the knob stem into the switch behind it and makes it act as if it’s on. The clicking often stops by itself once the switch dries, which can take a day.
If drying doesn’t stop it, Colby finds the wet or damaged switch and replaces it.
Grease and crumbs work into the switches over the years and short them, so one stays closed even with its knob off. One shorted switch is enough to make every igniter click.
He tests each switch to find the one that’s stuck and replaces it.
A cracked knob, or a bent valve stem, can hold the switch in the light position. The knob looks off, but it isn’t quite.
He replaces the knob, or the valve and switch if the stem itself is bent.
On stoves that relight automatically, the igniter sparks until it feels flame touching it. A crooked cap, a clogged port or a dirty igniter keeps the flame off it, so it clicks while the burner burns.
He cleans and lines up the burner so the flame touches the igniter again.
Now and then the module itself fails and sparks without any switch telling it to. When every switch tests good, this is what’s left.
He tests the module once the switches are ruled out and replaces it if it’s at fault.
Questions
ASomething is closing the spark circuit without you: usually water in a switch, sometimes a switch that has shorted with age. It isn’t the gas; it’s the electric spark system.
AYes, on most gas stoves. Every igniter sparks together, but only the burner you turned on gets gas, so it’s the only one that lights.
AThe spark on its own isn’t, as long as no gas is flowing, but it wears out the module and it means something is wrong. Keep the power off until it’s dry or fixed.
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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