Measure the length of the electrode, plus 3/8″ extra for the wiring, then subtract your windscreen-to-burner distance. The design and placement should provide some cooling as air rushes up to the flame.Ĭut 10–14 gauge aluminum sheet 1-1/2″ wide by 6″ long (14–18 gauge steel is an alternative). One leg will be bolted to the burner windscreen and the other will be drilled for the electrode.īy using 1-1/2″ wide stock, I hope to prevent spillage from gunking up the electrode as well as covering it from flame backwash. The bracket is bent into a simple “U” shape with two long legs. It is easy to bend, readily available in small pieces, has a high heat rejection and is non-rusting. I chose aluminum for a variety of reasons. No bracket is provided for mounting the electrode, so you must build one. If using the piezo igniter, drill and shape the appropriate hole and then snap the igniter unit into it. If using the supplied bracket, fit the igniter module into its slot and secure with the provided nut. Your mounting holes should be half of the leg thickness or less, so as not to compromise the strength and stability of your stand.
Then drill a 3/16″ shank hole through both and use 3/16 x 1″ #6 bolts and nuts. Step by Stepĭrill two 1/8″ pilot holes through the center of one leg and then through the supplied bracket. I used one of the replacement brackets supplied with the igniter kit you might choose something different. In grill installations, the igniter module is outside of the “oven” so I put my igniter low on a support leg of my burner. If cost is an issue, the piezo model is about eight bucks cheaper and it works just as well.Īfter laying out the parts, I decided to place the igniter module as far from the heat as practical.
#PIEZO ELECTRIC SPARK GENERATOR INSTALL#
I decided to install the electronic igniter because I like electronics. This should guarantee some weather proofing and water- and wort-resistance. Both are meant to be used on a grill and we all know from experience that grills are left out all year around. Low voltage from a battery is converted to very high voltage for a spark.Įither should work well. The electronic igniter uses the same kind of solid-state electronics as a gas-fired furnace, water heater or stove. Squeeze a piezoelectric crystal (usually quartz) and it generates electricity - a spark rather like static electricity. One igniter uses piezoelectric principles to generate sparks. This wire is long enough to reach across the typical “Cajun cooker” burner rings. These electrodes have a long wire (the actual electrode) protruding from a ceramic fitting. They were a universal fit igniter with sideburner (#4984685) and an electronic igniter (#4984683). Bradley Company) responded to my inquiry with two igniters designed as universal replacements for gas grill spark igniters. Both appeared to be a solution to having a safe and effective method of lighting my propane burner.Ĭharbroil (a division of the W. So I thought, why not make igniting the burner as easy as pushing a button? What brewer wouldn’t want that?Ī search at my local home-improvement store produced two similar products, replacements for the spark generators that come with every propane or natural gas grill. This always seems to happen when I have put the long-nosed butane match away downstairs. For the last two weekends, I’ve been fortunate enough to return to my back porch “brew house.” One consequence of outdoor brewing is having the flame of my propane burner blown out by the wind.
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