Odd gas grill question

[Rick B.]

Being the fabrication section and folks are always working on all kinds of projects, I was wondering if any of you have spent any energy on coming up with a better retrofit for a gas grill spark starter system. I'm really tired of replacing the standard ones every 6 months to a year. Has anybody expended any effort in this area???

 

[Willie Makeit]

drill a hole in the grill body and use one of these.

 

[mike93lx]

The electronic ignitor on my kenmore has been working for something like 12 years. Just replace the battery every 1-2 years

 

[texasranger]

+1 for Kenmore. The heat shield has rusted in half but the sparker is still going after 3 years. Can't remember changing the battery, so must be original.

 

[Rick B.]

drill a hole in the grill body and use one of these.

Yeah, that's what I've been using. Just prefer to use the button thingie if possible.

 

[mike93lx]

+1 for Kenmore. The heat shield has rusted in half but the sparker is still going after 3 years. Can't remember changing the battery, so must be original.

Same here... The accumulator is gone on the left side, so i light it but runming the gas for ~10 seconds and then lighting up. The woosh of flame is always neat to hear

 

[weadjust]

drill a hole in the grill body and use one of these.

If you buy the long lighters in the camping section of Wal Mart they are $1. The ones in the outdoor/grilling department are $3-4.

 

[Marctrees]

The typical battery less pushbutton ones last a long time, OTHER than the problems coming from degrading connections.

Or false ground tracks on the insulator.

Greasy dirt, etc.

The spark will jump the highest resistance part of the ckt.

If there is an "easier" lower resistance path, it will take that.

Keep all connections clean, should be good long time.

I don't understand the purpose of the battery ones.

Totally no need, just another battery to worry about being ded.

Anyway, I use the cheap long lighters also.

Gas grills already have holes in bottom not only for airflow intake, but mostly to drain off propane accumulation.

Poke the long lighter through one of those. Marc

 

[ilovevocs]

I use my propane torch to light my grill.


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[JABgj]

I have been happy with my Weber igy. Maybe this one could be adapted to your grill. Works better than the pushbutton piezo units that get stuck or **** out.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Weber-Elect...747228&hash=item5b20250a6a:g:4HQAAOSwV0RXsMKv

 

[American Locomotive]

It's funny. I've never had any issues at all with the old snap-action piezo igniters. While on the other hand, every grill I've had with a battery powered igniter has failed.

 

[hyper]

I was facing the similar problem.