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Re: [TCML] Is there a Tesla coil in my stove?



It is a piezoelectric ignition system, just pulses low current high voltage sparks to ignite gas. Most propane grills have the same thing. I'm not sure what the mechanism is that repeatedly strikes the crystal, but it's still the same principle as your click to start propane/butane torches/lighters.

-Sig

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice" <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:23 PM
Subject: [TCML] Is there a Tesla coil in my stove?


Hello All,

I have what might sound like a strange question. I just recently moved into a new apartment in Ithaca, NY; and I noticed something different about the stove. It is a gas stove. All gas stoves I have ever seen have a pilot light, that if it goes out, has to be re-lit with a match. This stove made a weird clicking sound. I thought the pilot was out and was getting a match ready. As I opened up the top, I noticed a spark continuously zapping. It lit the pilot. This one does not use the match method. The spark was about a centimeter in length and sparked at a continuous rhythm much like a small Tesla coil. My question is: Is it a tiny Tesla coil? Does anyone else have a stove like this?

Becky
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