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I have an oven problem. ape shall not kill ape 07-16-2008
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Posted by ape shall not kill ape on July 16, 2008, 9:00 pm
I have a GE gas oven. The pilot light won't come on. It's not the
kind with the pilot light on at all times. I think the pilot light is
triggered electrically. Anyway, stove top works just fine. Just the
oven pilot light will not work. Since the pilot light doesn't come
on, there's no gas either.

Any recommendations?

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 16, 2008, 10:02 pm

>I have a GE gas oven. The pilot light won't come on. It's not the
> kind with the pilot light on at all times. I think the pilot light is
> triggered electrically. Anyway, stove top works just fine. Just the
> oven pilot light will not work. Since the pilot light doesn't come
> on, there's no gas either.
>
> Any recommendations?

Could be the igniter, a common cause. Check out the troubleshooting at
www.repairclinic.com



Posted by Claude Hopper on July 17, 2008, 8:27 am
ape shall not kill ape wrote:
> I have a GE gas oven. The pilot light won't come on. It's not the
> kind with the pilot light on at all times. I think the pilot light is
> triggered electrically. Anyway, stove top works just fine. Just the
> oven pilot light will not work. Since the pilot light doesn't come
> on, there's no gas either.
>
> Any recommendations?

Light it with a match.

--
Claude Hopper ? 3 :) 7/8

Posted by Anthony Diodati on July 17, 2008, 12:39 pm

> ape shall not kill ape wrote:
>> I have a GE gas oven. The pilot light won't come on. It's not the
>> kind with the pilot light on at all times. I think the pilot light is
>> triggered electrically. Anyway, stove top works just fine. Just the
>> oven pilot light will not work. Since the pilot light doesn't come
>> on, there's no gas either.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>
> Light it with a match.
No, IIRC, If its like the older ones, there is a safety valve that has to
heat up from the pilot to turn the gas on.
Tony



Posted by Tony Miklos on July 17, 2008, 4:33 pm
Claude Hopper wrote:
> ape shall not kill ape wrote:
>> I have a GE gas oven. The pilot light won't come on. It's not the
>> kind with the pilot light on at all times. I think the pilot light is
>> triggered electrically. Anyway, stove top works just fine. Just the
>> oven pilot light will not work. Since the pilot light doesn't come
>> on, there's no gas either.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>
> Light it with a match.

If it's an electric pilot, the current must go through the pilot for it
to turn on the gas. Usually the pilot or the gas solenoid is bad and
both give the same symptoms since they are in series.

Tony

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