Pilote P740 hob igniter wiring

[Frogman]

Our 2023 model requires the AV system to be switched on before the hob and oven igniters will spark. Stupid! Just came across an identical model, same year, that sparks anytime, but the owner doesn't know if it's a mod or original.

Anyone know how the wiring goes? I'm hoping it's done at the Chinese control unit, or just possibly in the boiler area. The wiring colours would help!

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I had a similar problem with a fridge that wouldn't light on gas if the engine was running, a simple jumper cable on a relay sorted that.

But could you run a fused wire to the ignition pack?

 

[wildebus]

I had a similar problem with a fridge that wouldn't light on gas if the engine was running, a simple jumper cable on a relay sorted that.

I would think that is by design as opposed to a weird wiring thing like the OP has. (In your case, if it was a British van, then almost all the 12V electrics will have been disabled when the engine was running).

But could you run a fused wire to the ignition pack?

 

[Frogman]

Thanks both. I dug out the wiring diagram, and yes, that's the way it's meant to be. I'll try to find someone competent to do a bit of re-routing in the control unit, I think: just one wire that feeds the appropriate fuse and all should be good

 

[wildebus]

Thanks both. I dug out the wiring diagram, and yes, that's the way it's meant to be. I'll try to find someone competent to do a bit of re-routing in the control unit, I think: just one wire that feeds the appropriate fuse and all should be good

Before you do that, might be worth checking the routing?
To share the hob ignitor with the supply for AV suggests to me that it has been piggybacked from the AV socket, rather than have a line from the control panel to the cooker and just sharing a common connection within the control unit? Adding a new wire run could be awkward?
Just a thought

 

[GrahamPye]

All Pilotes with the stupid tablet are like that, and I think it's the tablet that the OP is referring to.

First thing the OP needs to do is to insert the "bypass" fuses in the "Bloc" so that the electric bed and the pump works without waiting for the tablet to boot up. Then add a wire with a physical switch to get the hob igniter live when you choose not the tablet. Oh, and unplug the cable from the Truma controller to the tablet as the tablet messes up the heating controls....

 

[Frogman]

Oh, and unplug the cable from the Truma controller to the tablet as the tablet messes up the heating controls....

Could that be the reason my iNet box that worked perfectly with a previous van can't sync with the heating controls? Hmmm. Well worth a try when I get home. Thanks for the hint anyway!