Gas stove clicking

tomatoey
tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
Sorry, don't know where else to put this - so I was cleaning the top of my gas stove (with baking soda and water). It's an older style, white with black thingies. Stove starts clicking regularly, every half a minute. When it stopped freaking me out enough to turn on the knobs to check, I found that two burners weren't lighting and there was a slight gas smell. Windows open and fans on, I wiped off what water I could and waited it out.

All the burners are working now, but I thought I smelled a bit of gas when I turned the knobs, or just after. Not sure if it was my imagination, though.

I've read that 1) the stove needs to be fixed, or 2) I'd have to unplug it and turn off the gas (I don't know how to do that), or 3) it will be fine if I let it dry out. Anyone know?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Call your gas company. Someone there will help you.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Good call. Thanks
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Gas company or landlord? (I'm most used to electric stoves!)
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Call the gas company first.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Ok. Cheers :)
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,151 Member
    Did the pilot lights on the burners go out because you put water on them? I've had gas stoves with burners that wouldn't work because the pilot was out and they were fine after relighting them.

    But then, you might not want to take advice on relighting gas-powered objects from me. I had a furnace blow up in my face. :P
  • Gidzmo
    Gidzmo Posts: 908 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Sorry, don't know where else to put this - so I was cleaning the top of my gas stove (with baking soda and water). It's an older style, white with black thingies. Stove starts clicking regularly, every half a minute. When it stopped freaking me out enough to turn on the knobs to check, I found that two burners weren't lighting and there was a slight gas smell. Windows open and fans on, I wiped off what water I could and waited it out.

    All the burners are working now, but I thought I smelled a bit of gas when I turned the knobs, or just after. Not sure if it was my imagination, though.

    I've read that 1) the stove needs to be fixed, or 2) I'd have to unplug it and turn off the gas (I don't know how to do that), or 3) it will be fine if I let it dry out. Anyone know?

    Call the gas company, just as a precaution. Better save than sorry.

  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    So, the gas company guy came and it turned out ok. I guess it's got an electric ignition device, and water had gotten in there while I was cleaning. He gave me crap for an ancient CO/gas detector as well. So I'm safe. lol
    zyxst wrote: »
    Did the pilot lights on the burners go out because you put water on them? I've had gas stoves with burners that wouldn't work because the pilot was out and they were fine after relighting them.

    But then, you might not want to take advice on relighting gas-powered objects from me. I had a furnace blow up in my face. :P

    What????
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Thanks everyone :):)
  • tinascar2015
    tinascar2015 Posts: 413 Member
    What the gas guy told you is exactly what used to happen to me all the time on my old cooktop. Sometimes it would tickticktick long after I turned off the gas, too. A few times, I had to unplug the part of the cooktop that controlled the electronic ignition.
  • joanthemom8
    joanthemom8 Posts: 374 Member
    tinascar2015 wrote: »
    What the gas guy told you is exactly what used to happen to me all the time on my old cooktop. Sometimes it would tickticktick long after I turned off the gas, too. A few times, I had to unplug the part of the cooktop that controlled the electronic ignition.

    --That was us until we re-did our kitchen .... just finished last week. The click-click-clicking drove me nuts!
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    tinascar2015 wrote: »
    What the gas guy told you is exactly what used to happen to me all the time on my old cooktop. Sometimes it would tickticktick long after I turned off the gas, too. A few times, I had to unplug the part of the cooktop that controlled the electronic ignition.

    That's a good tip, thank you!
  • tinascar2015
    tinascar2015 Posts: 413 Member
    joanthemom8 wrote: »
    tinascar2015 wrote: »
    What the gas guy told you is exactly what used to happen to me all the time on my old cooktop. Sometimes it would tickticktick long after I turned off the gas, too. A few times, I had to unplug the part of the cooktop that controlled the electronic ignition.

    --That was us until we re-did our kitchen .... just finished last week. The click-click-clicking drove me nuts!

    We moved from Chicago to Kansas City to escape our ticking cooktop. B)
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