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# Alfresco pizza oven igniter not glowing: power first, then the igniter

When a knob is pushed and turned, the oven's lighting system powers the spiral hot surface igniter and opens the safety gas valves.

## What No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds actually means.

When a knob is pushed and turned, the oven's lighting system powers the spiral hot surface igniter and opens the safety gas valves. Alfresco's first check for an oven that will not light is the igniter glow, and it links a missing glow to the power cord, the GFCI and the knob position.

Alfresco pizza oven display · also shown as Igniter not glowing

What to do when No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds shows on the pizza oven

### Kind of code Ignition and flame

The oven tried to light its burner and never proved a flame, or proved one and then lost it. The usual reasons are ordinary: a gas shutoff not fully open or a tank running dry, an igniter cracked or crusted with flour dust, a flame sensor or thermocouple that no longer reads the heat, or a draft that pulls the pilot away from it. Checking the shutoff and the tank and running the restart the manual names are fair first steps; if you smell gas, get outside first, and the valve, the sensor and every fitting stay with a technician.

### Usually leads to Pizza oven burner and igniter repair

Pizza oven burners cleared or replaced and igniters fitted and gapped, so the flame lights first time and burns blue and steady under the stone.

### Shows up as Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display

A pizza oven error code shows as letters or numbers on the display of a conveyor, deck or rapid-cook oven, a flashing light on its panel, or a message about ignition, heat, belt or airflow.

### Make Alfresco

An Alfresco pizza oven call begins with the gas shut and a flashlight run along the burner and the igniter tip before anyone tries a light-off.

### Source Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA care and use manual (serial 18-00000 forward)

Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA family, serial 18-00000 forward, both the hearth (infrared) burner and the log burner.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Alfresco's own guidance for No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds on its pizza ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Make sure the knob is turned all the way to MAX, then watch the igniter for 10 seconds.

02

Check that the power cord is plugged in and reset the GFCI outlet if it has tripped.

03

If power is fine and the igniter still stays dark, keep the burners off and book a visit for the igniter and the lighting system.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [pizza oven burner and igniter repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-burner-and-igniter-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

No glow is not the same as no gas; if the igniter glows but nothing lights, the gas supply and the burner ports are the next check. A dark oven lamp with a dark igniter points to power, while a working lamp with a dark igniter points to the igniter itself.

## What you may notice with it.

The pizza oven problems No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds tends to arrive with. Answer these at the pizza oven before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/)

[All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/)

It also comes with

- [**Gas Pizza Oven Won't Light: Clicks, Gas Hiss, Still No Flame**](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-wont-light/)

Problem

### Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display

7 causes, cheapest first

Where No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds usually leads

## Pizza oven burner and igniter repair.

**Pizza oven burner cleared or replaced, spark electrode, hot-surface igniter or spark module · low to moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-burner-and-igniter-repair/)

## Alfresco pizza ovens.

An Alfresco pizza oven call begins with the gas shut and a flashlight run along the burner and the igniter tip before anyone tries a light-off.

[Alfresco pizza oven repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/alfresco/)

More Alfresco codes

[Igniter keeps glowing after the burner lights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/alfresco-igniter-glows-while-lit/)

Ignition and flame on other makes

[Fontana Forni Er2](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/fontana-forni-er2/) [Kalamazoo No clicking, or slow or faint clicking](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/kalamazoo-slow-or-no-clicking/) [Lynx Igniters do not glow with the knob pushed in](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/lynx-no-igniter-glow/) [Middleby Marshall RESET IGNITION](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/middleby-marshall-reset-ignition/) [Wood Stone chec](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/wood-stone-chec/)

[All 12 codes of this kind](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-ignition)

Alfresco builds this

### Outdoor gas pizza oven

A stainless pizza oven on a counter, a cart or set into masonry, fired by propane or natural gas under a stone floor and a low insulated dome.

## In Alfresco's own words

> They should be glowing Yellow -White when operating and should do so within 5 to 10 seconds after turning the knob to “MAX”.

[Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA care and use manual (serial 18-00000 forward)](https://alfrescogrills.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AXE-PZA-CARE-AND-USE-MANUAL-SERIAL-N%C2%B0-18-00000-FORWARD.pdf) [Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA care and use manual (serial 18-00000 forward)](https://alfrescogrills.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AXE-PZA-CARE-AND-USE-MANUAL-SERIAL-N%C2%B0-18-00000-FORWARD.pdf) [Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA care and use manual (serial 18-00000 forward)](https://alfrescogrills.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AXE-PZA-CARE-AND-USE-MANUAL-SERIAL-N%C2%B0-18-00000-FORWARD.pdf)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Alfresco Pizza Oven Plus AXE-PZA family, serial 18-00000 forward, both the hearth (infrared) burner and the log burner.

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## Questions about No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds.

### Can I clear No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds myself?

Make sure the knob is turned all the way to MAX, then watch the igniter for 10 seconds. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Only one igniter glows on my Alfresco pizza oven. What does that mean?

Power is reaching the oven, so the dark igniter itself, its wire or its connection is the likely problem. The hearth and log burners each have their own igniter.

### Can a cracked igniter still glow on an Alfresco pizza oven?

Alfresco warns that a knock can crack the igniter's element or ceramic body and make it fail., so a cracked igniter is replaced rather than repaired.

### Why did my Alfresco pizza oven shut off during a power flicker?

Without power the lighting system closes the safety gas valves within 10 to 30 seconds. The oven resumes once power is back, which is normal behavior, not a broken igniter.

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