I am about to move house where in the kitchen is a gas cooker, with a plug connected to the electricity supply. I am wondering what this does. If does not need mains connection, this will be great as it frees up the only power point in the kitchen! My guess is that it maybe a charging circuit for the ignitor battery? Your help would be appreciated.
Regards
I would think you are right. I have a lead for the hob and a lead for the oven. Though if it runs a charger or a just a transformer psu I don't know, but with 10 sockets in the kitchen it's not a problem for me.
It's plug in to the electric to stop you buying batteries to make the spark work and the light in the oven come on. :-))
I understand that BW, but does it recharge batteries or is it a power supply for a spark generator. I would think the latter rather than the former given that keeping a rechargeable battery continously topped up is not good for the battery.
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I've not known any that use a rechargeable battery. After all, in the event of a mains failure you could use a match...
Might have a back up battery if there's a clock/timer, though, but then again I doubt it.
Unplug it temporarily and see what difference it makes. If there's a battery or capacitor involved, none. If not, then it won't fire automatically.
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You should seriously consider adding some sockets in your kitchen. One is not enough. You really should have at least 5 double sockets, and more if your appliances aren't off an FCU and plug into a normal socket themselves.
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