Gas oven won't get hot
Import Car Fan
I have a Gaffers and Sattler gas oven with a pilot
light, and what looks like a second pilot light that
lights when the oven is turned on. The oven won't
get hot anymore like it used to. The temperature is now
barely high enough to cook food. The oven lights periodically
but the average temperature stays low. It used to
periodically act up like this but now the problem
seems to have stayed. The stove-top range works fine.
There is some kind of temperature probe (it looks
like a large thermocouple), that sits inside the oven
and it's directly connected to the temperature control.
Could this probe be the problem? How easy is it to
replace?
Iove doII
>From: "Import Car Fan" dsh...@hotmail.com
>Date: 1/6/01 11:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <dMU56.21845$bU.14...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
Ha well if you're a trained professional and know what you're doing, itsa
piece of cake to troubleshoot and repair. I'd say the odds are stacked against
you when gambling with a natural gas burning appliance in your home.
Here's a novel idea......call a professional.
Bob Wennerstrom
Iove doII wrote:
What a bullshit reply. If you're not going to help the guy, why do you bother to
reply at all?
Here's a novel idea...... STFU
Tom Lachance
What you are describing is is the pilot and the secondary pilot. The
pilot stays lit all the time and when you turn the thermostat
(temperature control) it turns on the secondary pilot. The secondary
pilot heats a small bulb which opens the oven safety, allowing the main
burner to light. The temp control turns the main burner off and on,
maintaining the set temp.
Does the main burner light?
croll
oven should get larger, contacting the thermocouple for the safety
valve. If the pilot flame does not get larger at all, you likely have a
bad thermostat. (the part with the control knob) If the pilot does
grow, but not enough to contact the t-couple, you have a dirty or
defective pilot assembly. If the flame does grow and does contact the t-
couple,but the main burner won't light (and no gas comes on), you have
a bad safety valve.
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Iove doII <iove...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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>
> Ha well if you're a trained professional and know what you're doing,
itsa
> piece of cake to troubleshoot and repair. I'd say the odds are stacked
against
> you when gambling with a natural gas burning appliance in your home.
>
> Here's a novel idea......call a professional.
I will call a professional if it's too hard to repair. I don't
feel comfortable working around gas. But if it's only a
matter of cleaning this or fidding with that, then why
should I call a repair man for something so simple?
Thanks for all your help. If anyone needs help
fixing their car, lemme know. :-)
Import Car Fan
Tom Lachance <tlac...@waveinter.com> wrote in message
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> Import Car Fan wrote:
>
> What you are describing is is the pilot and the secondary pilot. The
> pilot stays lit all the time and when you turn the thermostat
> (temperature control) it turns on the secondary pilot. The secondary
> pilot heats a small bulb which opens the oven safety, allowing the main
> burner to light. The temp control turns the main burner off and on,
> maintaining the set temp.
>
> Does the main burner light?
Yes, the main burner lights. The burner goes on and off
periodically like it used to, but the oven doesn't get hot,
but it does get warm.
The secondary pilot light is lighting. I believe the secondary
is staying on all the time while the oven is on.
I think the main burner isn't going on as frequently as it used
to. That's why I suspect the temperature probe. Or maybe
there's something wrong with the secondary PL? If it's
too hard to replace, I'll call a repair man. Thanks.
Iove doII
>From: Bob Wennerstrom bob...@frontier.net
>Date: 1/7/01 2:35 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <3A58466F...@frontier.net>
>
>What a bullshit reply. If you're not going to help the guy, why do you bother
>to
>reply at all?
>
>Here's a novel idea...... STFU
Bob "They" say a word to the wise is sufficient. Some states have enacted
laws placing the blame and responsibility squarely on your shoulders for any
advice you give out over the internet that results in a fire, accident
explosion or whatever.
I work with gas burning appliances every single day and my advice to anyone
concerning them is call a professional. Or in your case Bob, I'd recommend
you've paid your insurance premiums.
Remember the school that blew up this winter up north? Another one of those
"do it yourself" jobs.
My advice? Call a professional. The life you save may be your own.
ps ummmmmmm bob, what does STFU mean?
Doug Miller
>>Subject: Re: Gas oven won't get hot
>>From: Bob Wennerstrom bob...@frontier.net
>>Date: 1/7/01 2:35 AM Pacific Standard Time
>>Message-id: <3A58466F...@frontier.net>
>>
>>What a bullshit reply. If you're not going to help the guy, why do you bother
>>to
>>reply at all?
>>
>>Here's a novel idea...... STFU
>
>ps ummmmmmm bob, what does STFU mean?
>