Gas hob igniter

[Bonkers the Dog]

Hi,

Mine has gone u/s.

I tried to fix it but even getting to it is a PITA and I quickly lost the will to live.

Is there a trick to getting these things out without dismantling the kitchen?

I am guessing it is a pizo-electric sparker. Can they be serviced/repaired or is it fail and replace?

Cheers in advance folks

BTD

 

[Odd-no-more]

Not likely to be a pizo these days, more likely to be a 12 volt ignition generator. So check electric supply, push switch and it's also possible it is battery operated, so look for a battery carrier.
It would help if you said whitch model and if you can a picture

 

[Stealaway]

Peizo igniters are cheap and readily available on eBay. You need to take of the front panel.

 

[Bonkers the Dog]

Did that, then the drawers, then the door, then the internal braces and I still couldn't reach the bu**er, I then went and bought a swan neck lighter for a quid; it's still going!
This was the issue though, I was having to dig deeper and deeper just to change the thing out; life is too short but SWMBO keeps asking me about it so I thought I better revisit it...

 

[autorouter]

A piezo-electric sparker has a button which has a definite travel distance, and a loud click at the end of the travel. If you want another spark you have to press it again.

An electric spark generator has a push switch that generates a stream of sparks for as long as the switch is pressed.

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