I just installed a new ignitor in my Enviro Mini and it is working very well. My question is this, after I installed the new ignitor I kept the side cover off of the stove to watch the ignitor heat up and noticed that even after the stove has started the ignitor continues to glow hot. Is the ignitor supposed to stay on the whole time the stove is running? Seems like it should shut off after some sort of time goes by.
Enviro Mini Igniter Question
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jtakeman
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My Omega's ignitor only glows for the first few minutes. Not sure why your ignitor continues to glow. That maybe the cause of the original failure.
Unless it is just glowing from the heat of the fire. I would use a DVM and see if it is still being powered. Continues power to it will cause premature failures.
jay
Unless it is just glowing from the heat of the fire. I would use a DVM and see if it is still being powered. Continues power to it will cause premature failures.
jay
I don't think it's glowing from the fire as the ignitor is about 5" long and it glows orange all the way back to the base. I will put a DVM on it tonight to see what I find. Maybe I just didn't wait long enough to see if it goes out.
jtakeman
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I am not familiar with the early mini's. But the new mini's the ignitor is off by the time the room fan turns on. In start mode the control light flashes until it gets the signal from the 120º POF switch. Then the room fan will come on. So the ignitor could glow until the POF switch is made.
Well that's what I thought it should do but it continued to glow long after the fan came on. I'm going to watch it again tonight and see if it ever shuts off.
Well here is an update. The other night I let the stove get up to full temp and the ignitor did finally shut off which makes me feel a whole lot better. I guess I thought it would shut off much sooner than it really does.
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depending on the enviro model and year made
the ignitor will run for the 10 to 15 minute start up cycle
or it will shut off when the 120 temp switch heats up.
they stopped using the 120 switch on most newer stoves because the switch caused a few problem
ither the switch stuck and the ignitor stayed on. and sometime people would try to restart the stove when it was still warm and it would not light because the switch was still open.
the ignitor will run for the 10 to 15 minute start up cycle
or it will shut off when the 120 temp switch heats up.
they stopped using the 120 switch on most newer stoves because the switch caused a few problem
ither the switch stuck and the ignitor stayed on. and sometime people would try to restart the stove when it was still warm and it would not light because the switch was still open.
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