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How range worksburners through a safety valve. The gas safety
Gas ranges basically take natural gas or propanevalve does precisely what the name implies. It
and turn it into concentrated heat that you canprevents gas from being introduced to the burner
use for cooking and baking. There are burners onwhen there's a possibility that it won't get ignited
the cooktop and one or two burners in the ovenproperly. There are a few different variations in
which burn gas that has been ignited by a pilot,their operation, but the purpose is always the
spark ignitor, or glow ignitor.same, to prevent accidents, and allow gas to get
On the cooktop you usually have 4 to 6 burnersto the burner when it is safe.
with grates over them that allow you to cook inIn order for the gas in the oven to burn it needs
pots and pans. Gas flows from the main gasto be ignited. The most common ignition systems
valve to a manifold that has a correspondingin use currently are the spark ignition and glow-bar
number of burner valves. The gas is broughtignition systems. Pilot flame systems tend to have
from the burner valve to the burner through ahard to find parts.
venturi tube. The burner control knobs that youMany ovens use the glow-bar ignition system to
see on the control panel attach directly to thelight the oven or broiler. During normal operation,
burner valve. This valve controls how much gas isthe glow-bar will glow yellow-hot. A weak or
sent to the burner. To get a larger flame, youfaulty ignitor may still glow, but only glows red
send more gas to the burner. The venturi tubethrough orange. Replace a faulty ignitor. Some
between the burner valve and the burner allowsglow-bar systems have a fuse in the system,
the gas to properly mix with air for cleanunder the cooktop or in the console itself. Check
combustion. The air and gas mix then flows intofor continuity in these systems.
the burner where the pilot flame or ignitor ignitesSpark ignition systems use a spark module to
it. On models with a spark ignition, there is usuallygenerate a high-voltage spark which is used to
a spark switch attached to the burner valve, aignite a pilot light. This module is used for the
spark module and the spark ignitor. When youburners on the stove as well as the burner in the
turn the valve, the switch tells the spark moduleoven. As the pilot light heats a capillary tubes' bulb
to send electricity to the spark ignitor to createliquid, it expands and puts pressure on a
the spark to ignite the gas. Almost all olderdiaphragm. The diaphragm then opens the gas
cooktops with unsealed burner units allow you tosafety valve, releasing gas to the burner. This gas
raise the entire top for cleaning and service.then gets ignited by the pilot light flame.ask us
In order to control how close your food is to theabout all problems or
flame, there is at least one adjustable rack in thePilot ignition systems in the oven use a flame
oven. In the oven, there is at least one burner onsensor to determine whether or not the pilot is lit.
the bottom. If there is a broiler below the oven,This sensor sits in the middle of the pilot flame.
this is the only burner in the oven. If you have aThe position of the sensor is very important. The
utility drawer or nothing below the oven, there ispilot flame has two parts to it, the outer yellow
probably a second burner on the top of the ovenflame, and the inner blue flame. The sensor needs
that is used during broiling. The burner is a tubularto be in the hottest part of the pilot flame,
device through which the gas flows before it'slocated right at the tip of the blue flame to
ignited. It has a lot of little holes on its sides thatoperate properly. If the sensor detects that the
lets the gas burn and provide heat evenlypilot is lit, only then will it allow the gas safety
throughout the oven. The gas gets to the ovenvalve to open and let gas flow to the burner.