Chris My mother has a Kenmore oven 970 which has a dual safety valve (#316404901). The upper broiler ignites - no problem. However, the lower igniter does not light up. I changed the igniter and still does not light up - nothing. I have done a continuity test on the valve and the meter beeps (continuity with tone setting) on both terminals of this dual valve. I expected this on the valve controlling the upper igniter, but not on the terminals for the valve controlling the lower igniter. So you know, the meter will beep for resistance of 50 ohms or less - according to specs - indicating there is continuity. When I set the meter at the lowest ohm setting it shows the same reading for both terminals as .002. Your thoughts.
Answer Chris, The most likely cause for the igniter to not glow is that there is no power getting to the igniter. You will want to check from the control to make sure that there is power leaving the control board when set to bake to go to the igniter. If there is no power then the control would need to be replaced. If there is power then check the wiring down to the igniter for broken or loose wiring. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Thursday, November 14, 2013