Gas Fireplace Piezo Igniter Not Working

Electronic starters spark repeatedly when activated.

Gas fireplace piezo igniter not working.

If the igniter sparks and ignites the gas the problem was a detached wire. Worthen adds the newer systems with electric igniters are more sensitive and require the consumer to figure out if the issue lies in the electronic ignition or pilot. Alternatively if the wires are attached and the igniter doesn t spark the igniter is faulty and has to be replaced. I then returned to redo the process but then the piezo igniter was not producing a spark.

Gas grills with piezoelectric or electronic ignition light at the push of a button. First check to see if your pilot light. Different gas fireplace inserts present different challenges. Piezoelectric starters generate one spark per push.

If your gas fireplace isn t starting there could any number of possible issues contributing. Every once in a while however there will be issues that need to be addressed. My gas fireplace won t light. They re easy to control efficient at heating and clean burning.

Alleyne says to look for and clear out any debris between the igniter and thermocouple. So i turned off the gas and let it air out for 10 minutes. With gas and flames involved things can get dangerous as in blow your house up dangerous. That saves on gas usage.

So hire an expert if you re not comfortable doing any of this in a safe manner. Other gas fireplace repairs include loose connections defective valves or bad modules in electric ignition units according to experts. Both types of ignitors generate a hot spark that lights the grill but they create the spark in different ways. If gas is coming out of the pilot but it still won t light the spark igniter could be the problem.