Re: [TCML] Is there a Tesla coil in my stove?

[Michael Twieg <mdt24@xxxxxxxx>]

It's probably just a flyback transformer, or something else that's similar
to spark plugs in combustion engines.  Doesn't necessarily rely on
resonance to make high voltage, so it's pretty different from a TC.

-Mike

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Alice <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have what might sound like a strange question.  I just recently moved
> into a new apartment in Ithaca, NY; and I noticed something different about
> the stove.  It is a gas stove.  All gas stoves I have ever seen have a
> pilot light, that if it goes out, has to be re-lit with a match.  This
> stove made a weird clicking sound.  I thought the pilot was out and was
> getting a match ready.  As I opened up the top, I noticed a spark
> continuously zapping.  It lit the pilot.  This one does not use the match
> method.  The spark was about a centimeter in length and sparked at a
> continuous rhythm much like a small Tesla coil.  My question is:  Is it a
> tiny Tesla coil?  Does anyone else have a stove like this?
>
> Becky
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