Monday, November 01, 2010  Helpful household hints from the
Viking Pundit  Every once in a while something happens with my
car or around the house and I figure I should share in case
there's somebody else with a similar predicament. Anyway, my gas
range has one of those electric ignition knobs where you turn it
until the gas lights. At some point, I spilled some liquid down
by the ignition switch and the stove wouldn't stop clicking. The
electric ignition would tick off every second or so and I had to
throw the breaker to turn it off.  So I spent part of the day
looking for a replacement ignition switch. But then I found that
this happens when liquid gets near the ignitor, it will arc
across the electrode. Long story short: I just needed to clean
out the top of the ignitor and then dry it off with a blow
dryer. Once the moisture was removed, the clicking stopped and
the problem was solved.  No comments: