Hob sparking randomly

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Gavstar

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1,305 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Our hob's started sparking randomly the last couple of days. It's pretty old, so is it worth trying to get repaired or should i just get it replaced?

Mello

4,670 posts

236 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Ours does this, particularly after being cleaned, where some water has got into the switches and is causing a short. Probably worth pulling the knobs off the switches and having a bit of a clean and it may go away...

Simpo Two

85,883 posts

267 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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Do you mean the button you press down to get the spark to light the gas? If so I'd suggest it's got glued up with crud and needs a good clean, so it can spring back properly.

Gavstar

Original Poster:

1,305 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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I don't think it's the button that's causing the issue, but I'll check it. But yes, it's that noise which keeps happening when i'm not touching the button.

RaeB

552 posts

216 months

Thursday 16th April 2009
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We had this recently and despite giving it a good clean, it continued to spark randomly. We were concerned about this happening whilst we were out and took the switch apart. In the end we replaced the ignition button on the hob and everything is back to normal. It cost us £12.