GE Gas Range Glow Bar Igniter (WB28X20446)

The GE Gas Range Glow Bar Igniter is the component that lights the oven burner in your gas range by heating up to a high temperature until it glows, which simultaneously opens the gas valve and ignites the gas flowing into the burner. It works by drawing electrical current through a heat-resistant element that reaches ignition temperature, allowing the oven to reach and maintain the set cooking temperature.

The GE Gas Range Glow Bar Igniter commonly fails after years of repeated heating and cooling cycles, which can cause the element to weaken, crack, or break. A worn igniter may draw too little current to fully open the gas valve, meaning the oven either takes much longer to light or never lights at all.

These symptoms can help you decide if a failing igniter matches your problem:

- Oven does not heat up even though the burner appears to try to light

- Igniter glows but the oven burner never ignites

- Oven takes an unusually long time to preheat or reach temperature

- Igniter element appears cracked, broken, or visibly damaged

- You smell gas briefly but the oven fails to light

- Oven shuts off during cooking and will not relight without resetting