Gas Fireplace won't light
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GE gas range bake ingniter won't light
Comments (1)My oven does something similar at times, so I'm interested in seeing other responses. The ignition clicks repeatedly, but the gas doesn't light. It only happens when the oven is warm, like when I have the range burners going and the oven is cooling from previous use. If I turn off the burners, open the oven door, and let everything cool down for a few minutes, then the oven will work. I suspect it may be the motherboard, but I'm waiting until total oven failure before I replace it. I recently replaced the front touchpad after the oven went on a runaway overheating binge. Just before it fried, the touchpad was kind enough to give me a code indicating that the touchpad, and possibly the motherboard, were toast. Now everything works again, except for that occasional oven ignition hiccup, so I suspect the motherboard was also slightly damaged. The motherboard is sandwiched between the top of the oven box and the range, where it was probably hotter than hell during the big meltdown. By the way, as you already know, you can save a lot of money by doing your own appliance repairs. I was quoted $800 for a house call and installation of a new touchpad with a one-month part guarantee. (The whole stove cost $1200.) Two outfits refused to give me a quote, saying it would be cheaper to buy another stove. I searched on line and ordered the part for $125, added a lifetime replacement part warrantee for $50, downloaded installation instructions, and installed it in about 3 hours--with help from my spouse. Talk about empowerment!...See MoreFrigidaire Gas Range won't light
Comments (6)Thanks for the replies. I have tried cleaning the burner and ceramic plate and still no difference. I can see the little hole that is designed to allow gas into that small chamber for ignition - it really appears to be completely clear and exactly like the other burners. This is the larger, "power" burner. Although I thought was operating fine once lit with match, I'm wondering if it actually is. That is, despite it being the larger burner, I wonder if the high flame is not as high as it used to be when new. In addition, when this burner is all the way down on lo, it flutters a bit - seamingly random holes in the burner so again don't think it's a debris/dirt issue in the burner holes. In short, I'm wondering if I'm getting enough gas flow through this orifice. The orifice looks clear and I'm told that it is unlikely that anything would have happened to that (again assuming a clean stove that did not have any debris-spreading incident.) Also perhaps the stem valve could be the cuplrit? I'm wondering how to systematically diagnose - that is, what would be tell-tale signs that this is an orifice and/or stem valve issue?...See MoreLennox natural gas firplace won't light when temperature is below
Comments (0)I have a Lennox gas fireplace that won't light when the temperatue is below zero. We live in Minnesota so this is a problem....See MoreGas fireplace won't work
Comments (2)I tried to post a question about the jotul fireplace insert we had installed, and find it to not work; and the dealer wanting to charge $138 for another service call. The insert was installed by the dealer in Jan 2010 and I've had two calls and it still does not work. On one call they changed the venting, which was apparently installed improperly, and on the other indicated it was the faulty remote for which they were to get me another--and have not. Does this sound reasonable? The problem is that once the pilot and burner is lit they go out in about two to four minutes. This happens over and over. Any help?S...See Morejca1
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