One burner does not light
 

We have a Frigidaire Electrolux brand gas cooktop. It has an
electronic ignition system that makes a spark at all four burners
when ever any of the burner knobs are turned to the light position.
One of the four burners has stopped sparking and it is the one we
use the most.

The burner that does not light is the high output one. It has the
largest gap between the spark output and the metal ring that the gas
comes out of. The spark is supposed to jump to the ring. I tried
using a screwdriver to decrease the size of the gap but there was
still no spark. I tried cleaning around the spark output but still
got no spark.

Here are some pictures:
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cooktopci2.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burneran5.jpg

Does anyone know what might be wrong and how I can fix it? Thank
you in advance for all replies.
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I am TERRIBLY cruel to my cat. I actually cut of the ends of
his toes. It's just the hard, dead part that grows back but
still. And I do it just because he sticks them in me or
scratches the furniture or me.

One burner does not light
 

Daniel Prince wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Electrolux brand gas cooktop. It has an
electronic ignition system that makes a spark at all four burners
when ever any of the burner knobs are turned to the light position.
One of the four burners has stopped sparking and it is the one we
use the most.

The burner that does not light is the high output one. It has the
largest gap between the spark output and the metal ring that the gas
comes out of. The spark is supposed to jump to the ring. I tried
using a screwdriver to decrease the size of the gap but there was
still no spark. I tried cleaning around the spark output but still
got no spark.

Here are some pictures:
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cooktopci2.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burneran5.jpg

Does anyone know what might be wrong and how I can fix it? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

It does not look familiar to me. Is there any spark at all? Assuming
there is some sort of spark, then I would look at the fuel supply - and
air/fuel mix.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

One burner does not light
 

"Joseph Meehan" wrote:

Daniel Prince wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Electrolux brand gas cooktop. It has an
electronic ignition system that makes a spark at all four burners
when ever any of the burner knobs are turned to the light position.
One of the four burners has stopped sparking and it is the one we
use the most.

The burner that does not light is the high output one. It has the
largest gap between the spark output and the metal ring that the gas
comes out of. The spark is supposed to jump to the ring. I tried
using a screwdriver to decrease the size of the gap but there was
still no spark. I tried cleaning around the spark output but still
got no spark.

Here are some pictures:
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cooktopci2.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burneran5.jpg

Does anyone know what might be wrong and how I can fix it? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

It does not look familiar to me. Is there any spark at all?

No, there is no spark at all. We can light the burner with a butane
lighter.

Assuming there is some sort of spark, then I would look at the
fuel supply - and air/fuel mix.
--
I am terribly cruel to my cat. I give him so little canned food
that he has to eat some dry just to survive. I won't let him
get on the table and eat off my plate. I sometimes refuse to
open a window he wants to smell out just because it's too cold/hot.

One burner does not light
 

Daniel Prince wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" wrote:

Daniel Prince wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Electrolux brand gas cooktop. It has an
electronic ignition system that makes a spark at all four burners
when ever any of the burner knobs are turned to the light position.
One of the four burners has stopped sparking and it is the one we
use the most.

The burner that does not light is the high output one. It has the
largest gap between the spark output and the metal ring that the gas
comes out of. The spark is supposed to jump to the ring. I tried
using a screwdriver to decrease the size of the gap but there was
still no spark. I tried cleaning around the spark output but still
got no spark.

Here are some pictures:
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cooktopci2.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burneran5.jpg

Does anyone know what might be wrong and how I can fix it? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

It does not look familiar to me. Is there any spark at all?

No, there is no spark at all. We can light the burner with a butane
lighter.

Assuming there is some sort of spark, then I would look at the
fuel supply - and air/fuel mix.

I can think of several possibilities. How about a bad wire or ground?

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

One burner does not light
 

On Mar 21, 7:31 pm, Daniel Prince wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" wrote:
Daniel Prince wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Electrolux brand gas cooktop. It has an
electronic ignition system that makes a spark at all four burners
when ever any of the burner knobs are turned to the light position.
One of the four burners has stopped sparking and it is the one we
use the most.

The burner that does not light is the high output one. It has the
largest gap between the spark output and the metal ring that the gas
comes out of. The spark is supposed to jump to the ring. I tried
using a screwdriver to decrease the size of the gap but there was
still no spark. I tried cleaning around the spark output but still
got no spark.

Here are some pictures:
http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cooktopci2.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burneran5.jpg

Does anyone know what might be wrong and how I can fix it? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

It does not look familiar to me. Is there any spark at all?

No, there is no spark at all. We can light the burner with a butane
lighter.

Assuming there is some sort of spark, then I would look at the
fuel supply - and air/fuel mix.

--
I am terribly cruel to my cat. I give him so little canned food
that he has to eat some dry just to survive. I won't let him
get on the table and eat off my plate. I sometimes refuse to
open a window he wants to smell out just because it's too cold/hot.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Do you have a spark to the other 3 burners??? The sparker unit
doesn't last forever. If its missing from all 4, find and replace the
unit. If spark is missing from 1 burner but is good at the others,
there may be a break somewhere in the middle of that lead wire.

One burner does not light
 

JB wrote:
On Mar 21, 7:31 pm, Daniel Prince wrote:
...
Do you have a spark to the other 3 burners??? The sparker unit
doesn't last forever. If its missing from all 4, find and replace the
unit. If spark is missing from 1 burner but is good at the others,
there may be a break somewhere in the middle of that lead wire.

Or it may be using more than one spark unit.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit