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Robert11
 
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Default Gas stove Ignition: How ?

Hi,

Have a new gas stove for the kitchen with the pilotless ignition system

Just wondering how it works.

You first put it on the first detent,and then there's a repetitive
"clicking" sound until it ignites.

What is happening, actually ?

Is it a piezo type of ignition, where a piezo element is being deformed,
somehow, to generate a voltage and a subsequent spark ?

What's the clicking noise ?

Is electric involved somehow in the process ?

Bob