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Old 08-07-2007, 06:53 PM
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Tommy,

A couple of things...

1. This is a re-ignition type module, meaning that if burner flame were to go out, the electrode igniter would sense it and the spark module would juice it up to try and re-ignite the gas. Cool feature, except it creates a few issues - burner cap has to be clean, igniter has to be clean. Also, reverse polarity would cause the spark module to continiously power up the igniters, which leads us to the second point.

2. I know you've double checked the wiring, but... let's say that the neutral and live wires got switched around. Both wires look the same, both are connected side by side. Is it possible? If this was the case, it would create reverse polarity, which will result in... well, what I said before.

This is a relatively basic, although expensive, spark module (I hope you didn't buy it from Viking) - 4 leads in from the spark switches, 4 leads out to the 4 igniters, then ground, neutral, and live wires.

Bottom line, make sure that:
- all burner caps are clean and were properly re-assembled (I'm guessing you probably had to remove them to gain access to the spark module);
- all 4 spark igniters are clean;
- neutral and live wires are hooked up correctly.

- 6540 spark module (for our forum visitors)

Hope this helps. Let us know what you find.

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