deerhound Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 The press button that lights the gas on cooker has started to work somtimes? It is in a Swift Royale Ensign 2000yr. Cooker has hardly been used and spotless clean, can see wires going down back of cooker, have read manual etc but nowt on it, Any ideas would be great, many thanks. (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Some igniters used to be powered by two AA batteries in a small box? It was mainly on heaters and I don't think your cooker is but it's worth checking? That apart, a bad or corroded connection seems most likely for an intermittent fault so I would just start with the switch itself then trace the wires and check all the connections before replacing any bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyAndy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Never had one on our budget van always have to use a clicker , main oven at home has auto clicker and that is a battery system as Tracker described and well hidden in bottom drawer. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 The following links may be useful: http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=23360&mid=259597 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/29226-ignition-for-stoves-cooker-not-working/ You haven't said which make/model of cooker you have (though I note you have a manual for it), but it's probable that the gas-ignition is powered from your motorhome's 12V leisure battery. Nor have you said whether the sporadic fault relates to the hob, to the oven (assuming the cooker has an oven), or to the hob and oven. My Herald had a gas hob and separate gas oven, both with 12V-powered spark-ignition. The hob's ignition functioned OK (though the hob itself fell to bits!), but the oven's ignition system was iffy and, to work, depended on whether or not the (loose-ish) electrode within the oven was in a particular position when the ignition-button was pressed. However, as we never used the oven, this didn't matter much. As Tracker has advised, check the push-button for loose/corroded connections. Also try holding down the push-button for a while several times to see if that helps. Otherwise, it looks like the ignition module is starting to fail which, after 10 years, might not be too surprising. You might also try asking for advice on Swift Talk: http://www.swift-talk.co.uk/ Although it's irritating to have what's obviously a fault, my own view regarding 12V push-button gas-hob ignition in a leisure vehicle is that it's an undesirable luxury. I'd far rather have the simplicity of a manual igniter of this type http://www.hawthornshop.co.uk/index.aspx?s=Product&p=11878 and avoid the complication of an extra electrical circuit. Of course, if you've got a gas oven it's another matter but, our present Hobby has (thankfully) no oven, so that's another thing less to worry about. I always find it strange with MMM motorhome reports that lack of 12V hob-ignition normally provokes a critical comment on the lines of "... so you'll need to use matches." While I still use matches for lighting our domestic wood-burner and bonfires, I'd be surprised if anyone nowadays employs them for lighting their motorhome's gas-hob burners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 If after renewing any batteries and cleaning terminals,you still don't have any success,as others have said,just use seperate igniter. Our Chausson hob doesn't have an inbuilt ingniter..but for some reason,I've never had much success with the "spark" type igniters? :-S ..so we use one of the refillable,"flame" types: http://thecookskitchen.com/7644+Pencil+Gas+Lighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinklystarfish Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 It could be as simple as the nodes where the sparks jump from are damp / not clean / have been knocked and are bent too far away from the rings. Might be worth checking this as a first and easy step.Glad to read others think auto-ignition is nothing more than just one more unnecessary bit of tat on a motorhome, always makes my baulk when MMM journos moan at 'vans for not having it. Never mind that that the rooflight leaks or the habitation door won't close without a 2 inch gap, this cooker has no auto-ignition, and where's the cocktail cabinet?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 crinklystarfish - 2011-07-21 9:32 AM ...Never mind that that the rooflight leaks or the habitation door won't close without a 2 inch gap, this cooker has no auto-ignition, and where's the cocktail cabinet?... ..glad to see that it isn't just me then... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerhound Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Many thanks all for help. I just had a look, it is a Stoves make, Tried all the buttons but no spark, would I be correct in saying that when the 12v power is switched off at control panel the ignition module could discharge after a time and then recharge again when swithced on at panel? I will check the switch with meter first but looks bit of job to get top of cooker off? Thanks again. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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