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please help, i am at my witts end here and the wife is going crazy...My oven will no light. I have a Magic chef 6257xus with the glow element instead of the pilot light for lighting. when the oven stopped working i replaced the regulator and that didn't work then i replaced the oven valve and that doesn't work either. there really isn't much else i can find to do. I started thinking thermostat and i found the papers on this and checked the wire schematic and from what i can tell if the element lights up then all of the electrical parts should be working fine. do you think i may have recieced a bad valve? if i break the connection between the reg. and valve i have gas flow.:confused:
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Originally Posted by: jdiddle  please help, i am at my witts end here and the wife is going crazy...My oven will no light. I have a Magic chef 6257xus with the glow element instead of the pilot light for lighting. when the oven stopped working i replaced the regulator and that didn't work then i replaced the oven valve and that doesn't work either. there really isn't much else i can find to do. I started thinking thermostat and i found the papers on this and checked the wire schematic and from what i can tell if the element lights up then all of the electrical parts should be working fine. do you think i may have recieced a bad valve? if i break the connection between the reg. and valve i have gas flow.:confused: J, You most likely had, and still have a weak igniter. Part number: AP4012072
If the igniter Does glow, that indicates the thermostat or control and wiring is OK, and working(99%). However, when the igniter glows, it must produce a minimum of 3.2 amps and 3.2 volts to the gas valve, in order to open the internal switch and release the gas for ignition. If you don't have a meter, if you observe the igniter, it should glow "white" hot in 20 to 30 seconds, (you can barely look at it)if you can look at it , if it's glowing red or orange in color , it's weak, and you need to replace it. Good Luck, :) :) :)
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thank you very much, i just ordered one. mine glows orange like you was saying. thanks again. hopefully this will take care of it.
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Originally Posted by: jdiddle thank you very much, i just ordered one. mine glows orange like you was saying. thanks again. hopefully this will take care of it. J, I'm pretty sure that's what you're going to find. Good Luck, :) :) :)
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