Amana gas cooktop ignitor issue

[mchero]

We have an Amana 3 burner rig.gas cooktop with oven in our 07 Discovery. We are on our 2nd ignitor and it's starting to get flakey. Was looking at the original ignitor that I had kept and it "appears" that it is in excellent shape.

Has anyone replaced their manual ignitor with a electronic one?

[Tom_M1]

A step drill works well for drilling large holes in sheet metal:

[garyemunson]

I used one of these to convert to electronic. I got the 4 outlet igniter and used #4 to light the oven pilot, too. I also bought a single pushbutton complete igniter kit just for the electrode and wire. My stove is a Atwood but they are all pretty much the same. Was able to snake the wire down to the oven pilot area and used tie wire to hold the electrode in the correct position to light the pilot. It is FAR more secure than it looks! The screw hole on the electrode slid right over the sensor bulb for the pilot and the wire just keeps it from sliding back off. That is a BIG improvement for an RV range! Not having to crawl around on the floor trying to look in the oven and get the match to the oven pilot was worth it alone. In my case I had to make the hole for the igniter bigger. Used a 1/2" electrician's knockout to enlarge the existing hole from the turn starter.





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[mchero]

Thanks! I'll start sniffing around the web.

[TurnThePage]

Yep. Easy to do. The hardest part was drilling a new (smaller) hole in the front for the pushbutton part. I've done it twice. Much quieter way to start the burners.

Most generic BBQ igniters will work I think, as long as it has enough plugs.