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Brand: Kenmore
Model Number: 79073432311
Main Symptom: gas won’t light
What happens & when:
Error Code (if any):
Parts or tests already tried: Oven won’t light. Replaced the ignitor, have 3.8 amps while glowing. Checked continuity through the safety valve, have none (OL). Does the safety valve need replaced? Are the amps on the new igniter too high?
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How are you checking amp draw.If installed in oven if the safety valve was open it would not even glow?
The ignitor does glow. That’s how I check amp draw with an amp clamp on a single wire. Gas is never released to light.
Possible bad safety valve.Here is how it works: Safety Valve: In series with
the ignitor i s the safety valve
which i s located behind the
storage drawer. The valve is a
bimetal type valve that opens
and closes electrically. When
the ignitor is energized i t will
draw 3.2 amps. This 3.2
amperage draw is enough t o
cause a bimetal, inside the valve,
to warp open and allow gas t o
flow t o the burner being
operated. The safety valve
supplies both the broil and bake
burners.