happy turkey day!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!




Ken, I went through a similar thing yesterday. We have an Amana gas range that is probably close to 20 years old now. It has been getting harder to start, and finally it just quit while baking a couple months ago. The igniter was replaced about 2 years ago and it still lit up fairly bright when visibly checked, so instead of tearing more into it, and figuring it was 20 years old, we started to look at new stoves.

Yesterday, I broke down and tore it all apart (more for the hell of it than a necessity as we could've done the turkey on the grill or Nesco roaster). Ohmed out the igniter first... read in the megohm range... yeah that's not right. Additionally, I went on to check that there was 120 volts across the connector for the igniter to confirm the relay on the control board was fine (you could hear it click). Anyway, I pulled the igniter out and started on a search for a new one. First, I checked to see if I could just swap it with the broiler igniter, but that igniter was different. I called the local appliance parts store who confirmed they had the igniter in stock, so I raced over there. Turned out it was the broiler igniter they had and not the bake igniter (although I thought I made it clear on the phone I needed the bake igniter). So assuming I could just walk in and pick up the part, I didn't dig any deeper to seek out substitutes, either by cross-referencing part numbers or using the required current for the gas valve... Fortunately, they looked up the gas valve and found a picture of it that showed the current. So the guy there found one that would work as a substitute. Cheaper than the original part too.

It's working right now. So, lets see we I can get another few years out if it.

I inspected the "old" igniter and found a very hard to see crack on it...