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So, over the last several months, I've noticed that my oven (gas), will sometimes take a long time to get up to temperature. At first I just brushed it off as it would eventually get there. But yesterday, after the oven being on for 45 minutes, it still did not get to temp. I turned it on and off a few times, turned on the broiler (which works, the stove top works also), then turned the oven on again, and voila!, the oven kicked in. YAY! and after coming on, it was able to keep kicking in the keep the temp steady.
After some searching, I have a feeling my igniter is going. The igniter will glow, but it does not always light the burner. I still have a lot of baking to do, and it's Sunday, no one's open to get a service call. And even at that I'm sure I'd have to wait for parts...
So my question is. if anyone has experience with this.
IF I can get my oven to kick in, does that mean that the igniter will continue to work while I'm baking as long as I don't turn it off? I would assume that the residual heat in the oven in conjunction with the igniter would allow for the gas to light, as the igniter would still be hot enough as it's not starting from a cold oven..
I just don't want to start baking, and it fail halfway thru.
Thoughts????
After some searching, I have a feeling my igniter is going. The igniter will glow, but it does not always light the burner. I still have a lot of baking to do, and it's Sunday, no one's open to get a service call. And even at that I'm sure I'd have to wait for parts...
So my question is. if anyone has experience with this.
IF I can get my oven to kick in, does that mean that the igniter will continue to work while I'm baking as long as I don't turn it off? I would assume that the residual heat in the oven in conjunction with the igniter would allow for the gas to light, as the igniter would still be hot enough as it's not starting from a cold oven..
I just don't want to start baking, and it fail halfway thru.
Thoughts????