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In this article, we are going to talk about not heating gas ovens with electric ignition used flat or spiral (round) hot surface igniter. How to find out if the cause of the problem with your oven is a bad igniter? The first thing you do is a visual test. After the oven control (thermostat) called for heat, wait at least 30 seconds and take a look at the igniter in question. In order to see the bake igniter, very often you would need to remove the oven floor. The igniter should glow very bright red, almost close to white. The normal time for the igniter to light up the burner is between 40 seconds to 1 minute. If it glows red but not bright and even if it does light up the burner but it takes more than a minute, the igniter is bad and would need to be replaced.

If it does not glow at all, remove the power from the oven by unplugging the power cord or flipping off the circuit breaker. If it is a freestanding range, just pull it out of the wall. Build in oven some time would need to be removed from the cabinet completely. Usually, the igniter is attached to the burner. Remove the oven floor and visually inspect the igniter wires. If they go through the oven rear wall, you would need to remove the rear panel from the back of the unit. Otherwise, remove the igniter wires and check for continuity between these wires. If there is no continuity, replace the igniter. If there is continuity, then the problem could be with other parts and troubleshooting has to be performed in accordance with the model number for your oven/range.

Oven igniters are very universal but you must replace the flat igniter only with the flat one and the round igniter only with the round one. The only flat igniters with the blue ceramic must be replaced with exactly the same part. If you would need more help just post your question in the comment box under the article and we will be glad to help you.

The part number for the least expensive universal flat igniter is 5303935066

The part number for the least expensive universal round igniter is 4342528

If you would need to connect igniter wire to oven wire, use high temperature porcelain wire nuts.

The part number for the pack of 15 porcelain wire nuts is AP5641942

You can order parts by clicking on the part number or picture.