Tappan gas range stopped igniting on its own
I really don't know if this is the model number. The sticker has been rubbed off. My stovetop used to light on its own when I turned the knobs to "light". There was a clicking sound, and then it would light. Now NONE of the burners are making a clicking sound. I have 4 normal burners and one in the middle for the griddle. There are 3 ignitors altogether. What's wrong?
Kitchen Ranges - Tappan - TGF657 Gas Kitchen Range
Answers & Comments
Hi Sara,
I hope I can help you.
The cookers with this kind of ignition have a small switch just between the facia and the tap.
They often look like this one. The switches are paralel wounded.
As soon as you push a button, the little red part will be pushed too and the switch works. Then the ignition block will get power and start clicking and sparking
This one is for a 4 burner hob, so yours will be a little different.
here you see 4 male joints on top. These are for the wires to the sparkplugs.
On the left are 2 bigger joints. These are for the main wires. When you look carefully, you will see a L right of the front joint. This one normally goes to the switches mentioned above.
The other one is connected with the 0- connection point on the mains connection block.
When you push any gas button, and the stove is connected to the grid (please be careful), there must be 230 V on that point.
For myself, when I test the block, I use a wire with a switch in it that I can push in the grid and the other end has 2 female connectors that suit the ignition block. When I push the switch in th wire, the block must workand at least some of the sparks should fire.
If this does not work, then you can assume that the block needs to be replaced.
If the block works correctly then the next step is to check the connections of the string of switches. One wire should go to the block, the other wire comes from the mains connection.
Then the last possibility is that the 0-connection of the ignition block is not OK.
I hope this helps, kind regards, Dik