Electronic Ignition for Stovetop (w/pics)

onetonford wrote:

12thgenusa wrote:

whiteeye42 wrote:
just my opinion on the oven ignigter there is a reason why the manufacture does not put one in the oven and it is because if by chance the over knob gets turned on and you don't catch in time the oven will fill with gas and then you go to lite the stove top and everything goes BOOM so just be really careful with it and check all the knobs before lighting any burners on the stove top

Not true. The oven gas valve will not turn on regardless of the knob position unless it senses heat from the pilot light. The pilot then lights the main burner when called for by the setting of the knob with feed back from the temp sensor. The above mod only makes it more convenient to light the pilot. Electronic ignition without a pilot for the oven is a whole different ball game. Nothing in this mod changes the original operation of the stove or oven; it is just more convenient and reliable.

NOT True If You turn oven knob to turn on pilot it will fill oven with gas I know because this has happened to me. Good thing we smelled it before we lit the stove. That is why when I modded mine it does not have one in the oven.

I'm sorry, but you do not understand the operation of the gas valve. The valve can be turned to "pilot" or even "on" but no gas is passed to the pilot or burner if the pilot has not yet been lit. In order to light the pilot, the knob must be pushed in. This overrides the thermocouple and allows gas to flow to the pilot only. Once the pilot lights, the knob must be held in for a few seconds to allow the thermocouple temp to rise sufficiently to cause the gas valve to continue to supply gas to the pilot after the knob is released. If for some reason the pilot gets extinguished, the thermocouple no longer senses the heat and will cause the gas valve to stop gas flow to the pilot. The main burner uses the same safety feature. Gas will not be supplied to the burner if the pilot is not lit.

If your oven has filled with gas as you describe, you have an unsafe condition and probably need to replace your gas valve. Keep in mind that the mercaptan additive is intentionally very pungent and will be noticeable long before a combustible concentration of gas is reached.

Keep in mind also that the stove burners don't have this feature. If the knob is turned, gas is flowing. That is also why you have to "push" and "turn".

As stated before, nothing in this mod alters or bypasses any of the safety features. It's just an alternate (and easier) method of lighting the pilot.