Even funnier... Just for the fun of it, I fiddled around with the whole mess. I duct tapped the lead wiring to a AA battery which I duct tapped to ground on stove body, reattached fallen parts of the pushbutton switch and pressed... Lo and behold, nice, strong sparking on range burner, but nothing on oven burner. Checked that out, just a short in wiring under the stove, easy fix and now that stove is sparking on all burners! Now that it works I will reassemble to bristol shape in anticipation of next season!
As a bonus, I got a PDF file of the Stove/range manual for reference library from a CnC lister from down South, thank you Peter W! Sometimes it's the little things that makes a day! Cheers, Maurice Poulin Monoloy C&C 30 MKII -----Original Message----- From: John Conklin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: John Conklin <jconk...@hotmail.com> Sent: Tue, Oct 16, 2018 11:59 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List Force 10 2 burner range Too funny!! I just discovered this exact situation on Sunday ! . I finally dug out the Manual 3(3 burner force 10 with broiler oven) to locate the dang Battery which I just could not find! Reached under right bottom corner and whala a rotten AA battery with juicy broken black holder! and yes just the 1 red wire. So now 2 butane lighters () 2 fer $2.00 await the next spark needed ! too many other things to mess about with ! and correct its seldom used ! 😊 If I head out cruising may reconsider. John Conklin s/v Halcyon Oriental NC ------------------------------------------------------------ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Ken Heaton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:23:24 AM To: cnc-list Cc: Ken Heaton Subject: Re: Stus-List Force 10 2 burner range Or you can put Lithium AA's in it and they'll last for years and not leak. Ken H. On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 10:19, Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
