20 Most Recent GE 30 in. JGP326 Gas Cooktop Questions & Answers

Just lift it up. At the seems on each corner, pull up and it will lift.

The spark ignitor is attached to the burner bowl by a retaining clip under the bowl. Simply remove the two screws on the top of the bowl, then you can slide the clip off from the underside

its probably these switches that sit under the gas valve controls. One for each one. They can go faulty and stick on. Make sure these are the exact one for your model before deciding on anything.
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Hi and welcome to FixYa I am Kelly. The igniters are controlled by a switch mounted on the face of the burner control vbalve. The switch operates by rotating a ceramic cam against a movable copper strip of wire to contact a fixed contact. What happens is that sometimes the movable copper wire strip gets bent and stays in contact with the fixed contact. These switches are not repairable and must be replaced when they fail.

I used this model as a reference fopr your part as you provided an incomplete model number in your post. JGP326BEV1BB
The switch is common to all models and can be found as item 323 here:
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There is one switch per burner control. Replacing this switch will correct the problem.

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Kelly

Hi,

Here is a tip that I wrote that will help figure out why the burner spark keeps on clicking...

Gas Range Repair Burners Keep on Clicking

heatman101

Hi,
They are not that hard to replace and you can easily buy the part online...
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heatman101

Hi,
Here is a tip that I wrote that will help you with that...

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heatman101

Is it just one burner knob that does that are all of them? If it is just one then the igniter switch built into the burner knob might be out of alignment or loose. This happens most of the time due to a cracked switch housing(made of plastic). This can also happen if the actual burner knob is cracked and/or loose. If all the burners do this then it is just the way the cooktop works. The best way to get the burners to light is by slowly turning them on until they light and not pay attention to the "light" mark. You might need to turn it just past the "light" mark for the burner to come on.

constantly cleaning with spray cleaner or too much water may have leaked down into the steam of the valve and rusted it. replace the valve and lycon switch

Hi,

If they are firing when the burners are turned off:

It is likely that either a spark switch or your module is shorted. The spark switches are located below each knob and you would have to disconnect one at a time to see which one is causing the problem. The mostly likely culprit would the the module itself. Unfortunately, all parts are inside the cooktop and involve removing the top cover to access inside the burner box to do any testing or exchanging of parts.

If they are firing only when the burners are turned on:

You either have an electrode on one of the burners that is not sensing the flame properly or you have a bad module. Use just one burner at a time to see which one is causing the electrodes to continue to click. Once you've determined which one it is, clean the spark tip (electrode) with something coarse like high grit sand paper or a tooth brush. If the problem still persists then you need a new spark module.

Hope i helped you.

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My parts list doesn't tell me if that is an auto relight unit or not. But since you say it happens on any burner I'll leave out stuck ignitor switch for now.
Check the house ground wire to the unit and check that the burner caps are installed properly. The auto units read a ground when they ignite so if the burner caps are on wrong or dirty they can cause this.

jim

ouch, sounds as ifthe valve has frozen up, replacing hte valve would be the solution

That means that there is a contact in wiring, if it was a faulty igniter switch you would have had only one ignitor sparking.

You need to remove burners and also the top panel, then check all the wiring to ignitors and fix the contact, or replace the wiring harness.

Here the diagrams:







Here is the switch harness : HARNESS SWITCH

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Many thanks.

G.

Check to make sure that the gas is getting to the igniter. If you can ignite with a lighter or match, than the igniter itself needs to be replaced.

Probably broken switch. or perhaps broken ignitor circuit. If only one burner is broken is then it is switch. if they all don't work check the ignigitor circuit.

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take a small needle to the inside, and clean the orafice, see if it helps

You can't modify gas appliances.