Replacing Piezo Igniter

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The stove cooktop burner igniter on our old Magic Chef stove was a know you turned and was very loud, I planned on replacing it with a BBQ style battery powered and therefore, virtually silent. Trouble was I couldn't find one to fit. Well the MC died and of course being 19 years old and no longer in business, no replacement parts. Got a Suburban Elite but with the same snap type piezo but with room enough to fit a 5 circuit CharBroil BBQ unit.

Used a 1/2" electrical KO punch to make the mounting hole fit. It uses one AA battery and it can be replaced by removing the pushbutton.

Now it won't wake the DW at 05:30 when I get up and need to heat water for coffee.

fj12ryder · Answer

Did you also add the igniter to the oven pilot light too? We did on our Fuzion and it worked great.

agesilaus · Answer

Sounds like a good project, do you have a photo or two?

jack_diane_free · Answer

Ijust use a hand held bar-b-q lighter. No batteries required.

fj12ryder · Answer

The lighter works, but it's a pain, literally, to get down and light the oven pilot light every time. And trying to hold the stove knob in, while on your knees bent over seeing where the pilot light is, can be a trick. Especially when you're old. :)

agesilaus · Answer

fj12ryder wrote:The lighter works, but it's a pain, literally, to get down and light the oven pilot light every time. And trying to hold the stove knob in, while on your knees bent over seeing where the pilot light is, can be a trick. Especially when you're old. :)We finally learned after seeing aa suggestion here, to leave the pilot light burning. It doesn't seem to use a detectable amount of propane. Give it a try.

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