You have described exactly what most owners experience. Yes the stove is ground. Yes the AA batteries leak and destroy the connections. Yes it can be fixed relatively easy. You'll probably find that you only use the stove a handful of times and that after a season the AA battery leaks again and destroys your repair efforts.
I just use a butane grill lighter. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 8:46 AM Maurice Poulin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > Slightly off C&C topic but the force 10 2 burner range in our C&C 30 MKII > has lost its igniter function at some point since 1988. Did some digging > last night and found the battery compartment and wire under the stove and > in very bad shape. Seems the battery leaked and dissolved connections. > Oddly enough I can only find a positive red wire going to battery from > distribution box at the back of the range, no negative wire? does the stove > act as ground, I am missing something? Has anyone ever repaired or > replaced the igniter component, it would be great to hear your insight. I > looked for a force 10 manual online but no luck! > > Cheers, > > Maurice > Monoloy, C&C 30 MKII > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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