A gas oven has a burner that offers baking heat into the oven. In some cases, the oven will also have another burner for broiling inside the oven. On newer gas heaters that are not equipped with a pilot light, these burners are lit by an electric oven ignitor. After the oven is turned on, then the ignitor glows, lighting the gas flame of the burner. If your ignitor doesn’t shine when turning on the oven, then it is possible to change out your ignitor in around an hour using a few basic hand tools.
Slide the oven off from the wall. Unplug the electric plug from the socket.
Switch off the gas at the gas valve supporting the oven by rotating the knob on the valve clockwise until it stops turning. Then disconnect the gas line from the valve using an adjustable wrench.
Slide out and eliminate the warming drawer from under the oven. Look underneath the oven using a flashlight and find the ignitor connected to the bottom panel under the oven. Unscrew the screws that hold the ignitor set up and set the screws aside.
Pull the ignitor away from the mount. If the ignitor’s wires have been connected using a wiring harness, separate the 2 halves of the tap before connecting the new ignitor into the tap. If the ignitor is hard-wired, clip the wires using a pair of cable cutters, then strip 1/2-inch of insulation from the ends of the 2 wires under the oven, in addition to from the two wires of this new ignitor.
Twist together the hints of one of these wires from the new ignitor to one of the stripped wires from the stove, and connect the two with one of these ceramic wire nuts that are included using the ignitor. Then connect the other two wires in similar fashion.
Remount the ignitor and attach it using the mounting screws. Then reconnect the gas line and then turn on the gas. Next, plug in the oven into the socket. Examine the ignitor. If the oven operates correctly, replace the warming drawer and then push the oven back into position.