Gas Hob Ignition Sparking Automatically

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• 11 Oct 2004

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Hi - the ignition sparkers on our AEG gas hob have this evening started going automatically (it is slowing now though). Some water may have been spilt into the ignition button - can anyone confirm that this is the likely cause - a temporary short?
Thanks
Matt

 

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breezer

• 11 Oct 2004

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cookers are not "my thing" but i should say wait untill it dries

 

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• 18 Oct 2004

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mattab1 said:

Hi - the ignition sparkers on our AEG gas hob have this evening started going automatically (it is slowing now though). Some water may have been spilt into the ignition button - can anyone confirm that this is the likely cause - a temporary short?
Thanks
Matt

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By the time you read this it will probably have stopped! Yes I can confirm that if water leaks into the switch, it will cause the ignitor to spark repeatedly until the water evaporates. Happened to us a couple of times.