InspectAPedia®   -   Search InspectApedia

How to get out a stuck burner to replace broken porcelain gas burner igniter (C) InspectApedia.com SudheerGas Burner Igniter / Wires Got Wet FAQs

Q&A on drying out & fixing gas burner igniter & wires
After cleaning or a stovetop spill

Gas cook top igniter electrical ground wiring repair or replacement FAQs.

This page answers to frequently-asked questions about the the cause, diagnosis, and cure of cooktop or gas range igniter wiring or grounding problems that cause failure to ignite gas burners properly.

This article series explains how to fix clicking igniters on a gas cooktop.

Page top photo: the gas igniter on a Bosch cooktop, shows a broken ceramic insulatior around the igniter, causing a spark that arcs between the igniter and the grounded body of the burner base.

InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website.

- Daniel Friedman, Publisher/Editor/Author - See WHO ARE WE?

Gas Range Top Igniter Wet Wiring Repair FAQs

These questions & answers about troubleshooting and fixing gas burner igniters such as used on gas ranges and cooktops were posted originally

at GAS COOKTOP or STOVE IGNITER REPAIR - you will enjoy reading the steps in diagnosis and repair given there.

Watch out: if you smell gas and/or suspect there are gas leaks do not keep trying to ignite the burner(s) as you could risk a gas explosion.

See GAS LEAK DETECTION, LP / NG

Below is our index to questions and answers about troubleshooting and fixing gas stove top / cook top or range gas burner igniters.

Article Contents

...

Gas Igniter & Wiring Dryout after Cleaning or Spills

Tip: If after you cleaned your gas cooktop or range top or if after a spill onto or into the cooktop one or more gas burner igniters started misbehaving, sparking continuously, not sparking, or the burners won't light it's quite possible that the wiring or igniters got soaked.

Often simply drying out these components is a sufficient repair, as you'll read in more detail below.

2 Maytag burner cooktop igniters spark but don't ignite after I cleaned the burners

I have a Maytag 5 burner cooktop. 2 of the igniters spark but don't ignite fire. The spark on these 2 spark downward when I have it on Lite and don't jump to metal to ignite a fire.

Spark goes down the side of ceramic igniter. The other 3 spark upward and ignite like it should.

What is causing the downward spark instead upward. It started doing this after I cleaned the burners. On 2022-01-30 by Binh -

Answer by Inspectapedia Com Moderator - caution when cleaning burners - probably your burner wires and parts are wet

@Binh,

Since this started after you cleaned the burners, it seems likely that it is a result of that cleaning.

FIRST: give the cookto more time to dry, or you can try my hurry-up trick:

I wipe and dry any visible water on the cooktop.

I make sure the burer caps and other parts are all in place

I light each burner with a match or cigarette lighter

I let each burner run for four or five minutes to get plenty hot.

Often that will dry out local parts and the igniters will then work properly.

If that doesn't work I might wait overnight to let wires and connectors inside / under the cooktop dry out.

IF the problem is that you spilled water or other liquids and that the cooktop got quite wet there may actually be puddle to dry out inside the cooktop.

IF drying out doesn't work,

THEN In my OPINION when it doesn't seem to be a gas flow problem (since other burners work fine) AND if you're sure that the spark module is intact AND you're sure that the wires between module and igniter connector and all of the electrical connections are clean, dry, tight, sound,

THEN I figure there may be

  • subtle damage to the igniter itself, such as a crack that's hard to see, causing a current leak
  • electrical resistance that you are not seeing by the naked eye such as a bit of food or corrosion or oxidation on the igniter tip or on the spark-receiving surface

Keep in mind that something embarrassingly simple (as I've tripped over this) like a burner cap that is slightly askew or has water under it can prevent a good burner ignition spark.

 

 

...


ADVERTISEMENT


...

 

Continue reading at GAS COOKTOP or STOVE IGNITER REPAIR - topic home, or select a topic from the closely-related articles below, or see the complete ARTICLE INDEX.

Or see these

Recommended Articles

Suggested citation for this web page

GAS COOKTOP BURNER IGNITER REPAIR FAQs4 at InspectApedia.com - online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice.


Or see this

INDEX to RELATED ARTICLES: ARTICLE INDEX to APPLIANCE REPAIR

Or use the SEARCH BOX found below to Ask a Question or Search InspectApedia

Ask a Question or Search InspectApedia

Try the search box just below, or if you prefer, post a question or comment in the Comments box below and we will respond promptly.

Search the InspectApedia website

Note: appearance of your Comment below may be delayed: if your comment contains an image, photograph, web link, or text that looks to the software as if it might be a web link, your posting will appear after it has been approved by a moderator. Apologies for the delay.

Only one image can be added per comment but you can post as many comments, and therefore images, as you like.
You will not receive a notification when a response to your question has been posted.
Please bookmark this page to make it easy for you to check back for our response.

Comment Form is loading comments...

 

IF above you see "Comment Form is loading comments..." then COMMENT BOX - countable.ca / bawkbox.com IS NOT WORKING.

In any case you are welcome to send an email directly to us at InspectApedia.com at editor@inspectApedia.com

We'll reply to you directly. Please help us help you by noting, in your email, the URL of the InspectApedia page where you wanted to comment.

Citations & References

In addition to any citations in the article above, a full list is available on request.


ADVERTISEMENT