Electronic Ignition for Stovetop (w/pics)
I finally got tired enough of the piezoelectric igniter on my Atwood stovetop that I decided to replace it with a battery-powered igniter unit. You know what I’m talking about. You twist the knob; bam...
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j-d,
I wired a four-wire "generator" directly using the existing wires. The generator came with an extra wire that got me most of the way to the oven pilot. I added on one of the wires that came with the igniter I purchased for the oven, mounted the igniter, and I was in business. Be sure to insulate the connection between the generator wire and igniter wire; I used heat shrink tubing, but you could probably use electrical tape.
I wired a four-wire "generator" directly using the existing wires. The generator came with an extra wire that got me most of the way to the oven pilot. I added on one of the wires that came with the igniter I purchased for the oven, mounted the igniter, and I was in business. Be sure to insulate the connection between the generator wire and igniter wire; I used heat shrink tubing, but you could probably use electrical tape.
