For the past few months, my oven has been taken longer and longer to heat up and cook. I did not know anything about how a gas stove really works and I was afraid that I was going to have to either hire someone to come fix it or buy a new oven. Before I jumped into hiring someone or buying a new oven, I decided I would research the problem and attempt to fix it myself.
After some research, I came to the conclusion that I had a faulty igniter. The information that I found seemed like it would be an easy fix. I located a replacement igniter for just under $25 from Sears. I figured that if I messed something up, that at least I would only be out $25 and my time.
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A gas stove with an electric ignition burner has an igniter that glows similar to a light bulb. This igniter gets hot and once it reaches a certain temperature, it triggers the oven valve to open and the gas flame appears. In a working oven, the flame should appear within a minute of turning on the oven. My oven was taking more than 10 minutes for the flame to appear. This is a picture of the faulty igniter. It did glow, but just was not getting hot enough to start the flame. |
Once I determined that the problem was the igniter, the fix only required the use of a few tools.