Dacor Wall Oven Repair in Toronto — Gas oven won't ignite (igniter glows weakly)

• Critical first call on any 'Dacor oven won't ignite': confirm the cavity is actually an all-gas oven, because the gas-oven hot-surface igniter exists only on Dacor's ALL-GAS models (PGR/PCR/ER30G/ERD-gas/HGPR). Dacor dual-fuel ranges (ER/HDPR/DOP) pair a gas cooktop with an ELECTRIC oven cavity - a bake/broil element, NO oven igniter at all - so a 'gas oven won't ignite' on a dual-fuel unit is an element/relay fault (Dacor 62637 bake element, relay board DE81-09742A), not an igniter. We read the model tag before we ever name an igniter, because quoting an igniter on a dual-fuel cavity is a parts miss for a part that doesn't exist on the unit.
• Glows but never lights is the signature gas-wont-ignite fault: the hot surface igniter (HSI) has weakened with age and no longer draws enough current to pull the oven safety valve open. Per Dacor/RepairClinic, an igniter that glows for MORE than 90 seconds without the burner catching is condemned. The legacy flat igniter is Dacor 82473 (AP3393105 / PS4271070, replaces 755980); on the Samsung platform it supersedes to DE81-07046A (AP7012185, also replaces 82473/755980, covers ER30G/ER36G/ERD30/ERD36/ERD48/ERSD), and the cataloged bake-igniter assembly is 700927 (= DE81-08027A). A glowing-but-cold igniter is replaced, not reset.
• We never condemn an igniter on glow alone - we put a clamp meter on it. A flat/square HSI must pull roughly 3.0A or more to open a safety valve rated 3.3-3.6A; a round/blue igniter needs about 2.2A against a 2.5-3A valve. An aged 82473 / DE81-07046A that still glows orange but only draws 2.5A is below the threshold to pull the valve, so the burner stays dark even though the igniter LOOKS fine. Metering the draw is what separates a weak igniter (replace 82473/DE81-07046A) from a dead safety valve - we prove the amperage before ordering.
• Broiler igniter lights but the bake burner won't - or vice versa - isolates the fault to ONE igniter circuit, because Dacor gas ovens (ER30G/ERD/PGR) run SEPARATE bake and broil hot-surface igniters. A documented Dacor pattern (PGR30S/ERD36 service threads) is the bake burner dead while the broiler still fires: that points straight at the bake igniter (82473 / DE81-07046A / 700927), not a shared board. We confirm which burner is dead by mode before ordering, since each igniter is its own part and the panel looks identical either way.
• New igniter installed and it STILL won't glow on bake means the fault is upstream of the igniter: on Dacor gas ovens the bake igniter's NEUTRAL runs through the bake bimetal (high-limit), so an open bimetal starves the igniter of its return path and it never lights. We meter the bimetal and the harness before condemning a second igniter - a no-glow-after-replacement is the classic sign the neutral path, not the new 82473/DE81-07046A, is broken.
• Igniter glows full-strength, meters above the amperage threshold, but the burner still won't catch: now the oven gas safety valve is on the bench. Per RepairClinic, the safety valve is RARELY the cause and is tested LAST - we confirm the igniter draws to spec first, then meter the valve coil for continuity; no continuity condemns the valve. Selling a safety valve against a weak igniter is exactly the parts-cannon we avoid, so the valve is only named after the igniter amperage proves good.
• A no-ignite that arrives WITH an F1 (system watchdog - the ERC self-diagnostic has flagged a bake/broil-system failure) or a safety-critical F2 (heating-mode high temperature - the control senses a runaway/overheat condition) on the main oven control / ERC 62692 (AP3390975) is not a simple igniter call - the control's own diagnostic has flagged the circuit or a runaway. We clear F1 with Cancel and verify the igniter and harness; an F2 alongside a gas fault is never reset-and-returned, because uncontrolled gas heat is a fire risk proven on a meter before any part goes in.

Dacor gas oven won't ignite (igniter glows weakly) in Toronto — the local specifics

• The recurring Toronto pattern on Dacor gas-oven no-ignite is the 'glows but won't light' weak-igniter call on older ER30G/ERD and PGR all-gas ranges - the igniter still glows orange so the owner assumes it's fine, but it has drifted below the amperage needed to pull the safety valve. The second recurring pattern is the diagnostic split: broiler still fires while bake is dead, which on Dacor's separate-igniter design points us straight at the bake igniter rather than a shared board. We also see the dual-fuel mix-up - owners calling a 'gas oven won't ignite' on an ER/HDPR/DOP that actually has an electric oven cavity and no igniter at all.
• We roll to Dacor gas no-ignite calls carrying the flat hot-surface igniter in both forms - legacy 82473 (AP3393105) and Samsung-platform DE81-07046A (AP7012185) / bake assembly 700927 - plus a clamp meter to confirm amperage draw before the part goes in. We do NOT pre-load a safety valve: per the diagnostic order it's tested last, so the valve and bake bimetal are confirmed on the meter on-site and ordered through the authorized Dacor channel only if the igniter proves good.

For the full Dacor wall oven module — every fault, part number and code — see Dacor wall oven repair in Toronto, and for the same fault across all brands the wall oven gas oven won't ignite (igniter glows weakly) guide.