[simonyoung]

A round igniter glows to bright orange within seconds of turning on the oven and I smell gas but oven will not light. It is a build-in oven made by Gaffers & Sattler (a division of Magic Chef) in early 1980. The model # is EA91-5CLXM5P and serial # is 09357GA. Please advice and thank you.
The orifice hood looks like in the correct position for nature gas. I open up the air shutter and I can light up a small flame inside with a match. However the burner will not light.
Your online parts only shows flat igniter and it says that does not replace round igniter. Where can I found a round one?

[Gene]

The model number you posted does not come up. Possible due to age. Call APP customer service at 877-477-7278 and ask for Adam. He will take care of it.

Gene.

[simonyoung]

Dear Gene,

Thanks for your kind reply. Would you please help me for the following question.

I just took some measurements on the igniter (parts# GR-402) and bi-metal safety valve (parts# NC-1425-5A). The electric current is 2.59 amperes into valve and voltage across safety valve is 3.1v. The safety valve voltage spec calls for 3.3/4.0 VAC. My intuition tells me that bi-metal valve is bad. However, the lower voltage reading may be caused by defected igniter with a larger resistor. Larger resistor would lower the electric current and hence give a lower voltage across the 2 terminals of the valve.

Well, now I am confused. Which of the valve or igniter that I should replace? Is there possible that neither is defective and I should check on other component?

[Gene]

Sounds like the igniter is too weak. Normally the current drawn by a round igniter should be between 2.5 to 3.0 amps. 2.59 amps is very close to the bottom line, causing the gas valve not to open properly.

- The APP part number for the GR-402 round igniter is AP3537311

Gene.

[simonyoung]

Thank you very much, Gene. I will replace the igniter and hopefully it will work.

Simon