--- title: "Burner will not light" description: "Monogram burner will not light — one burner that sparks and will not light while the others are fine." url: "https://monogrammiami.support/symptoms/cooktop-burner-not-lighting/" date_modified: "2026-09-02" Appliance type: "Cooktops and rangetops, Professional ranges" --- # Monogram burner will not light ### Take the cap off, dry everything, put it back squarely That is free, it takes five minutes, and it is the answer more often than any part on this page. A cap sitting a millimeter proud of its seat will spark forever and never light. While it is off, look at the ports for anything blocking them, and make sure the ring underneath is seated too. ### What it usually means, by the kind of Monogram appliance Monogram sells one appliance in several forms, and the same behavior points at different things on each of them. A built-in side-by-side and an integrated column are not the same service situation, and a dual-fuel range and an induction range fail in different halves. - **Professional gas rangetops and cooktops** — Sealed burners with removable caps and rings. The deep-recessed design contains spills better than a flat top does, and it also means a spill that does get under a cap sits there rather than evaporating. - **All-gas professional ranges** — Same burners on top, plus an oven burner underneath with its own igniter — and a range where nothing lights at all is a supply question rather than an igniter one. - **Induction cooktops and ranges** — Nothing lights because nothing burns. A zone that does not respond is a completely different page, and the first test is a magnet. ### Why the cap matters so much on a professional top These burners are designed to be taken apart and cleaned, which is a real advantage over sealed mass-market burners. The cost of it is that they go back together in an orientation, and a cap that is a fraction proud interrupts the path between the spark and the gas. It looks perfectly seated from standing height. It is not. A cap or ring not seated Free to correct and the most common finding. A blocked port Cleared rather than replaced. It gives a lazy flame or none at all. Cracked ceramic, or an electrode that has moved. Tested against the burners that work. Moisture in the switch Continuous clicking after lighting. Seasonal here, and it often clears once everything is properly dry. The spark module When several burners misbehave together. If nothing lights at all. That is a different and larger question. Re-seat the cap and ring Squarely, on a burner that is cool. Look at the ports A pin or a soft brush, never a drill. Compare with a working burner The spark should look and sound the same. If you smell gas, stop Leave the house and call the gas utility before you call us. It clicks and clicks and nothing happens What it usually means Re-seat the cap before ordering anything One burner and all burners are different problems Continuous clicking is usually moisture Take the cap off, dry everything, put it back squarely That is free, it takes five minutes, and it is the answer more often than any part on this page. A cap sitting a millimeter proud of its seat will spark forever and never light. While it is off, look at the ports for anything blocking them, and make sure the ring underneath is seated too. What it usually means, by the kind of Monogram appliance Monogram sells one appliance in several forms, and the same behavior points at different things on each of them. A built-in side-by-side and an integrated column are not the same service situation, and a dual-fuel range and an induction range fail in different halves. Professional gas rangetops and cooktops — Sealed burners with removable caps and rings. The deep-recessed design contains spills better than a flat top does, and it also means a spill that does get under a cap sits there rather than evaporating. All-gas professional ranges — Same burners on top, plus an oven burner underneath with its own igniter — and a range where nothing lights at all is a supply question rather than an igniter one. Induction cooktops and ranges — Nothing lights because nothing burns. A zone that does not respond is a completely different page, and the first test is a magnet. Why the cap matters so much on a professional top These burners are designed to be taken apart and cleaned, which is a real advantage over sealed mass-market burners. The cost of it is that they go back together in an orientation, and a cap that is a fraction proud interrupts the path between the spark and the gas. It looks perfectly seated from standing height. It is not. ### All the burners click when I turn one on. That is normal on some designs and a module problem on others. If they all click and they all light, leave it. If they click continuously after lighting, that is moisture and it should be dealt with. ### Should I use a lighter in the meantime? Better not to. A burner that will not light on its own may be failing to hold flame for another reason, and lighting it by hand bypasses the thing that would have told you. --- **[Read full article: Burner will not light](https://monogrammiami.support/symptoms/cooktop-burner-not-lighting/)**