I have just taken possession of a new flat and the builder has still to
rectify some  faults but appears to be going bankrupt and I cannot contact
him for help at present.
My problem is the gas hob and the spark ignition does not appear to work. I
wondered if anyone had an idea what could be the fault?
During the building the builder once demonstrated the operation to me and it
worked OK.
Blair

Blair wrote:

> I have just taken possession of a new flat and the builder has still to
> rectify some  faults but appears to be going bankrupt and I cannot contact
> him for help at present.
> My problem is the gas hob and the spark ignition does not appear to work. I
> wondered if anyone had an idea what could be the fault?
> During the building the builder once demonstrated the operation to me and it
> worked OK.


Is it mains or battery?

If former is it plugged/wired in?

If latter is battry ok/installed?

-- 
Cheers,

John.

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In message <dfe05m$kem$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>, Blair 
 writes

>I have just taken possession of a new flat and the builder has still to
>rectify some  faults but appears to be going bankrupt and I cannot contact
>him for help at present.
>My problem is the gas hob and the spark ignition does not appear to work. I
>wondered if anyone had an idea what could be the fault?
>During the building the builder once demonstrated the operation to me and it
>worked OK.


Does the ign derive it's power from the mains or a battery, or is it a 
piezo ing?

It could be as simple as the battery's flat

otherwise, You need to give a wee bit more info

-- 
geoff

In article <dfe05m$kem$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
   Blair  wrote:

> I have just taken possession of a new flat and the builder has still to
> rectify some  faults but appears to be going bankrupt and I cannot
> contact him for help at present. My problem is the gas hob and the spark
> ignition does not appear to work. I wondered if anyone had an idea what
> could be the fault? During the building the builder once demonstrated
> the operation to me and it worked OK.


Most new types use a mains powered igniter. Can you check the feed to this
is actually live and has a neutral too? Ie, if it's plugged in, check the
socket with something else. I've come across a new build show house where
some of the sockets weren't actually wired up at all...

-- 
 

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"John Rumm"  wrote in message
news:431a949f$0$22906$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...

> Blair wrote:
> > I have just taken possession of a new flat and the builder has still to
> > rectify some  faults but appears to be going bankrupt and I cannot
contact
> > him for help at present.
> > My problem is the gas hob and the spark ignition does not appear to
work. I
> > wondered if anyone had an idea what could be the fault?
> > During the building the builder once demonstrated the operation to me
and it
> > worked OK.
>
> Is it mains or battery?
>
> If former is it plugged/wired in?
>
> If latter is battry ok/installed?
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> John.

Thanks to all who replied.
I found that a switch which was situated some way from the gas hob
controlled this spark ignition.
It was discovered when my wife asked me what did that switch do!!
Blair


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