Stove
Igniter and Spark Switch Repair
Gas stove burners that tick without lighting, keep ticking after they light or tick with every knob off, traced to the electrode, the spark switch or the spark module.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Low cost band
- 5 steps on the visit
- 4 problems it answers
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What the stove igniter and spark switch repair
involves.
Stove igniter repair covers the parts that make the ticking sound: the small white ceramic electrode next to each burner, the switch on each knob's valve stem that tells the stove to spark, and the module that makes the spark for all of them. When a burner ticks but never catches, the electrode is often wet, dirty, cracked or too far from the burner. When the ticking will not stop, a spark switch is usually stuck, most often after a spill ran down behind a knob. The technician dries and cleans first, then tests each switch and the module and changes the one that failed. The oven's own igniter is a different part, covered under oven heating repair.
How the visit goesWhat it usually costsLow · Electrode, spark switch or spark module
An electrode or a single spark switch is a small part reached from the top of the stove. A spark module costs a little more and is reached from the back or under the stovetop.
Answers 4 problemsStove Clicking
Gas Stove Won't Light · Stove Sparking · Stove Burner Not Working
Comes up most onGas stove
Heritage stove
Codes that lead hereER01 · ER05
ER01 on the Smart Burner knob of a Hestan stove.
Igniter and spark switch repair,
step by step.
Leave every burner lighting in a tick or two and falling silent as soon as the flame catches.
Turn each knob in turn and watch where the spark lands and whether it stops once the flame is lit.
Clean and dry each electrode and its burner well, and check the ceramic for cracks and carbon tracks.
Test the spark switches behind the knobs, the wiring and the spark module.
Replace the electrode, switch or module that failed, and route the wiring away from heat.
Leave every burner lighting in a tick or two and falling silent as soon as the flame catches.
The problems
it answers.
4 of them, from stove clicking to stove burner not working.
All problems
Stove Clicking
7 causes, cheapest first
Before you call
Tell us this when you book
- Whether the ticking will not light the gas, will not stop, or starts with the knobs off
- Which burners tick, one or all of them
- Whether there was a spill, a boil-over or a wet cleaning recently
- Whether the ticking stops if you unplug the stove
It also answers
Low,
on the site's scale.
An electrode or a single spark switch is a small part reached from the top of the stove. A spark module costs a little more and is reached from the back or under the stovetop.
Read the full cost guide| Repair | Relative cost |
|---|---|
| Gas burner head, cap, orifice or valve | |
| Electrode, spark switch or spark module | low |
| Coil burner, socket or drip pan | |
| Glass stovetop, element or induction coil | |
| Oven element, igniter, gas valve or sensor | |
| Knob, stem or burner switch | |
| Control board, keypad or display | |
| Oven door hinges, seal or lock | |
| Gas connector, cord or anti-tip bracket |
Where it
comes up most.
Most bookings: Gas stove, Heritage stove.
All stove types
The makes
we see it on.
32 makes on this site, and the stove igniter and spark switch repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page.
All 32 brandsIgniter and spark switch repair,
where we come out.
The kitchen, the climate and the building all change how the stove igniter and spark switch repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Tampa Bay's damp air lets moisture sit in a gas stove's spark switches after mopping or a steamy boil, and a stove that clicks by itself with every knob off is fixed by drying the switches or replacing the one that stays shorted.
OrlandoFL · 30 areas
A gas stove that clicks but never lights is a common guest report in Orlando rentals, often after knobs were wiped wet, and an igniter or spark switch replaced between stays ends the repeat calls from the property manager.
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
In South Florida houses near the bay, the spark switch behind each gas knob picks up salt and damp until the stove starts clicking on its own, often at night, and the repair replaces the stuck switch or its harness rather than every igniter.
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
New York apartment stoves are wiped down after every meal, and water running behind the knobs into the spark switches is the usual reason an older gas stove starts clicking and will not stop, a repair made with the stove unplugged and its gas closed.
HoustonTX · 36 areas
After a Houston outage an older gas stove's oven may take minutes to light because its glow igniter has weakened, something many owners first notice once the power is back, and the repair is a new oven igniter.
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
In Chicagoland the oven igniter on a gas stove works hardest through the long baking season, and an oven that is slower to catch every week as Thanksgiving nears usually needs that igniter replaced before the big day.
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
Some Los Angeles vintage gas stoves still light from a standing pilot, and when a pilot keeps going out, or a newer stove's spark system fails, the repair makes lighting reliable again while keeping an old stove's original parts where it can.
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
The morning marine layer leaves dew inside the spark leads of coastal San Diego stoves, and a stove whose burners click unevenly on foggy mornings but light fine in the afternoon is showing a lead or switch on its way out.
San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas
Older Bay Area rental flats often keep the building's gas stove for decades, and when its spark stops working tenants fall back on matches; replacing the igniter or switch makes lighting safe again and is usually the landlord's call.
Questions about
the stove igniter and spark switch repair.
My stove keeps clicking after I wiped it down. Should I call right away?
Is the constant ticking bad for the stove?
Only one burner will not light but the others do. Is it the igniter?
Can children set off the igniter by turning a knob?
Back to your everyday
Ready to book the stove igniter and spark switch repair?
Have these to hand: whether the ticking will not light the gas, will not stop, or starts with the knobs off, which burners tick, one or all of them, whether there was a spill, a boil-over or a wet cleaning recently, whether the ticking stops if you unplug the stove.