Why does one stove top burner spark the other and vise versa

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I have a two front stove top burners, burner A and burner B.

When I "ignite" A it will spark the spark plug for A & B.

When I "ignite" B it will also spark the spark plug for A & B.

its a stainless steal simple GE stove top and oven. Not sure what the model is.

Best Answer

There is a single spark igniter with two ignition gaps.

You have a single igniter that when triggered sparks every burner.

It ensures that if you left on the gas on the other burner, it would light and you would turn it off. Either that or the manufacturer did this to save on parts.