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IGNITER

Got the baking function back on the stove today.

It was the igniter.

They are pretty simple, stoves.

There is a pipe with the gas, there is an electrical line. The two meet at the igniter. The igniter glows and hums. When it gets hot enough, the gas ignites in a long pipe with holes in it.

There is a fan shaped piece that goes over the burning gas to diffuse the heat.

Voila!

Pumpkin pie!

Well, it would have been pumpkin pie if the igniter hadn't gone out the day before Thanksgiving.

This is one of those things you (not me) could fix yourself if you knew how to do it. Like a lot of things. You take out two screws and remove the igniter and put in a new one.

Of course, the old one sticks in place because it is rusted. You have to know that soap liquid will ease it out.

Then you have to know to turn off the electric before you unplug and replug it. Shit like that.

I like the repair guys. There are four of them. Same company. They all do everything. They apprentice to get their grade.

He says there is seldom anything he can't fix.

We finally got this company when we had all the drier trouble. They had to work from the manual on line but they got it right.

They are also amusing. Lots of anecdotes.

I can't remember a one though.

I guess they are only amusing if you are standing there watching them work. It keeps you out of the way.

This whole thing took about 15 minutes. Amazing. Efficient.

Labels: appliances, repairman humor, repairs