Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
One of the rings on my elderly mother's gas cooker doesn't light, using the inbuild piezo lighter, except if you blow gently towards the ring after turning the gas on. Can anyone advise what the problem is and how to cure it? I guess the cooker is about 25 years old or so. Thanks, Hank |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:31:11 +0100, Hank wrote:
One of the rings on my elderly mother's gas cooker doesn't light, using the inbuild piezo lighter, except if you blow gently towards the ring after turning the gas on. Can anyone advise what the problem is and how to cure it? I guess the cooker is about 25 years old or so. Thanks, Hank You checked to see if the holes in the burner aren't blocked with grease etc ...particularly the ones nearest to the igniter as blowing the gas towards the spark would suggest that's what the problem is . |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:48:28 +0100, Stuart B
wrote: You checked to see if the holes in the burner aren't blocked with grease etc ...particularly the ones nearest to the igniter as blowing the gas towards the spark would suggest that's what the problem is . Thank you! Will check it this weekend. Hank |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On 5 Apr, 19:42, Hank wrote:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:48:28 +0100, Stuart B wrote: You checked to see if the holes in the burner aren't blocked with grease etc ...particularly the ones nearest to the igniter as blowing the gas towards the spark would suggest that's what the problem is . Thank you! Will check it this weekend. Hank Sometimes the electrode burns down, so it still sparks but the spark just isnt high up enough to ignite the gas. The blowing might fit with that. NT |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On Apr 5, 12:31 pm, Hank wrote:
One of the rings on my elderly mother's gas cooker doesn't light, using the inbuild piezo lighter, except if you blow gently towards the ring after turning the gas on. Can anyone advise what the problem is and how to cure it? I guess the cooker is about 25 years old or so. Same thing happens with my Britannia cooker, bought at vast expense from Peter Jones a couple of years ago - While cleaning the surface, I rather overdid the water, and now the piezo lighters have all been "rearranged". It's as if there's a German Enigma machine wired up in there, because all the piezos work fine but pressing the button for one ring fires the piezo for another and we have to remember which is which! Cheers John R Ramsden |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On 5 Apr, 12:31, Hank wrote:
One of the rings on my elderly mother's gas cooker doesn't light, using the inbuild piezo lighter, except if you blow gently towards the ring after turning the gas on. Can anyone advise what the problem is and how to cure it? I guess the cooker is about 25 years old or so. Thanks, Hank Check for a build-up of carbon on the ceramic post the spark wire goes though. I have found that this can reduce the oomph of the spark or short it out altogether. Chris |
Gas cooker ring doesn't light using the inbuild piezo
On 5 Apr 2007 16:11:20 -0700, "OwlHoot"
wrote: On Apr 5, 12:31 pm, Hank wrote: One of the rings on my elderly mother's gas cooker doesn't light, using the inbuild piezo lighter, except if you blow gently towards the ring after turning the gas on. Can anyone advise what the problem is and how to cure it? I guess the cooker is about 25 years old or so. Same thing happens with my Britannia cooker, bought at vast expense from Peter Jones a couple of years ago - While cleaning the surface, I rather overdid the water, and now the piezo lighters have all been "rearranged". It's as if there's a German Enigma machine wired up in there, because all the piezos work fine but pressing the button for one ring fires the piezo for another and we have to remember which is which! Cheers John R Ramsden You have a button for each burner ..That's posh ..:-) |
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