Enviro Mini Igniter, how come no dealers stock it?

[LI-Mini-Owner]

Woke up to a cold house this morning to find the igniter burned out. This is my 7th season and the 2nd igniter to fail. I'm not griping, since I know the stove goes through lots of ignition cycles.

I flipped the switch from on/off to Hi/Low mode, hit it with the torch got it up and running.

For a replacement I figured I'd get one locally today, even though it may be a few more bucks than ordering on-line. I called 3 local dealers, and they all said replacement parts would have to be ordered. With that, I jumped on e-bay and ordered one, and should have in a few days.

Is it typical for dealers not to stock any parts? How on earth can they do timely repairs on the stoves they install?

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

They have a different definition of timely than you do.

 

[jtakeman]

Not an item that goes all that often. But yes they should have one, But doesn't mean they will!

Your lucky it's cold. Manually lite it and go to high/low until the igniter arrives. If you need details on the manual lighting, I'd be glad to ablige?

 

[imacman]

Take your ignitor to a local Grainger. If you know the wattage, even better. They should be able to match it up. They have them listed as "cartridge heaters":

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[Enviro Mini Owner]

Did you try North Fork Energy?

 

[PoolGuyinCT]

Get 2

 

[smwilliamson]

Cause enviro charges too much even to their dealers....

 

[jtakeman]

Cause enviro charges too much even to their dealers....

Yes, They are expensive. Many parts are unique and only fit Enviro like the Maxx blower(ouch). Don't see much of a break even on the net. After market stuff is scarce too. Never tried looking at Graingers for an igniter like imacman stated. Its possible. I have seen a few items hit eBay that save some.

What ya go for em Scott, Your one of the masters at part swapping?

 

[LI-Mini-Owner]

Take your ignitor to a local Grainger. If you know the wattage, even better. They should be able to match it up. They have them listed as "cartridge heaters":

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Thanks for the tip imacman. I put the $146 Enviro OEM one in last week, and I'm up and running. Granger didn't appear to have 400W one the same diameter and length, but I did find one on http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=CIR_12. I've ordered one as a backup at less than half the OEM price. Looks like I just need to grind of the welds on the flange from my dead OEM one, and tack the flange on one from Omega.

 

[skinanbones]

the reason we don't stock ignitors in our stove is cause Enviro alone has i think 4 differant current ignitors and in the last 6 years of selling 15 or more mini's (last 3 years we were top dealer for Enviro) i can only think of 4 ingitors i've sold. Bonus for me is that my distributor is 15min down the road and they usally have it in stock anyways