one burner on the stove not "sparking"

Question

I have a three burner stove which is going on 12 years. The sparker, or Piezzo gives us problems every once in a while. Well, the other day, all three would not light by use of the sparker. I cleaned them all, and now, only one won't light the stove.

Oh, I took off the sparker and made sure there is a spark. But the spark does not make it through the orifice. What can I use to clean out the orifice? I have used needles and brushes, to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated.

donn0128 · Answer

Move the spark contact closer to the burner.  On my stove the wire seems to come loose about once a week

wandering1 · Answer

Get orifice cleaner at walmart.

dutch_12078 · Answer

As said, it does sound like misadjusted spark gap. I replaced the annoying piezo ignitor on our stove with an electronic ignitor sold as a replacement for grills. No more "snap, snap, snap" that wakes the zombies just to cook an egg or two. Now we just push a nice quiet button.

fj12ryder · Answer

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^That's the way to go. I did the same and ran one of the wires down to the oven pilot light so I don't have to manually light that anymore.

noplace2 · Answer

We've been at this a long time.  Although our piezo lighter still works, we have found it far easier and more efficient to use a 0.99 cent butane BBQ lighter.  One click does it nearly every time and despite the fact that we do that 10-15 times/day (we love our coffee and I cook several meals/day) we only replace that lighter about once a year.

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