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The oven took too long to ignite (3-5 minutes), or didn't ignite at all. Same description as others on this site.
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Overall Rating:
Very Helpful
Rated By:
5 Customers
Posted By:
Glenn From Jenison, MI
Posted:
11/19/2007 10:08:47 AM
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Appliance Repaired:
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Tappan
Range/Stove/Oven/Hood
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Age Of Appliance:
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5 - 10 years
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Turned off the breaker to the oven. Took out the racks and oven floor. Took out the steel deflector that sits on top of the oven burner itself (one bolt/washer). Removed the two bolts holding the igniter. Pulled the old igniter around the other side of the burner to be able to better access the wires. There was a woven sleeve around the ends of the wires, pulled those down the wire to expose the connection. There was an inline connector about 2-3 inches from the igniter, and normal wire after that. I cut the wires where that connection was made and stripped 3/8 inch off the cut wires. Then I cut the wires of the new igniter to the same length as what remained on the old igniter, stripped 3/8 inch off of those, paired them up and used the ceramic wire nuts that came with the new part to make the new connections. Put it all back together, and fired it up. It works wonderfully!
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Easy |
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15 - 30 mins |
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Parts Used in this Repair
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Flat Style Oven Igniter
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This flat style gas oven igniter is 3.72 inches long and it has an amperage range between 3.2 to 3.6 amps.
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