The gas oven fire is not working.
The oven has no brand outside so I can't right now search for a manual.
The surface burners clearly say to press and turn, and you hear the ignite working as soon as I press the button and it works well.
The gas oven however does not have this instruction (to press and hold to start ignite). You still have to press a little to turn the knob to the temperature. When I start turning, I hear a click (once) at the beginning and nothing else. The oven does not start and I smell gas.
My first assumption is that the igniter is broken, but it's the first time I use an oven that has electric ignite (my previous one had a pilot light).
Questions:
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The unique click I hear when I start turning the knob is the ignite or just the electrical component inside the knob trying to start the ignite?
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If the ignite was working (maybe it is, maybe it is not), it would be loud enough to hear it (several loud clicks), just like the surface burners? I don't hear anything after that single click in the beginning.
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Is it safe to remove the cover for the gas/ignite and try to turn it on to confirm if the ignite is working or not?
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Shouldn't the gas oven have a protection that if the ignite fails, the gas does not come out? I smell gas even though the ignite is supposedly not working.
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So far I don't have any idea of the brand/model. Buying an ignite that looks like the one I have is safe to use?
Thank you for any help!
Best Answer
Actually everything is working. This kind of gas oven, that uses the Hot Surface Ignitor / Igniter, can take up to 25 seconds to fire the gas. After turning the oven knob: Between 0-5 seconds, I don't see anything happening. Between 5-15 seconds, you see the igniter getting brighter (orange color). At some point after 15-20 seconds, you finally have fire.
Coming from a gas with a pilot light, I was used to have close to instantaneous fire as soon as you turn the oven knob (because there is fire, pilot light, already).
Thank you all!