Archive for the 'Range Repair' Category
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
This is old news, but in case you haven’t heard…
Wolf Appliance Recalls Gas Ranges Due to Burn Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Gas ranges use one of two types of ignition systems for the oven: pilot flame ignition or hot surface. You can read about each kind and how they work in this scroll from the Appliantology scriptures. Here’s an excerpt:
Within the the world of pilot ignition ovens, two types of pilot flame systems [...]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
If your gas oven isn’t firing up, start your diagnosis by checking the ignitor for the proper current draw. “Uh, do what?” you ax, with glazed eyes. Don’t be intimidated by techie-sounding procedures. This is simple stuff– if you can fog a mirror, you can measure current draw. This article explains [...]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Dave wrote:
My maytag gas oven is taking longer to pre-heat. What do I check?
You need a new ignitor, such as the one shown here in the thumbhail pic. Click it to git it, install it and you’re good to go. Slam dunk.
Some background reading, if you want to know more:
Troubleshooting [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
So, you’ve determined that your oven sensor is bad. You did this by getting an error code on the ERC and then looking up the code with a little help from your Master Appliantologist friends at the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums. As a dutiful Apprentice Appliantologist, your next step is to test the [...]
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
So, you pulled the door off your Thermador range because you and your buddy were doing shots of cheap vodka and, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Or maybe you had another reason that sounds almost as good as that one. Whatever. But now, you can’t figger out [...]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Oven/Range Troubleshooting and Repair Manual
Problem
Possible Solution
[Electric Only]The bake and/or broil element never gets hot.
It’s not getting any power at the outlet…DUH!
Well, maybe it’s burned out. Attaway, Hoss, just go ahead and replace it with the assumption that nothing else could cause a no-bake condition. How ’bout checking the continuity of the element? [...]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Bought a new range or planning to? Planning an addition to your house? Building a new house? These are just a few of the ways you could run into converting from a 3- to 4-wire range outlet. Whatever your situation, this illustrated anatomy of electrical outlets for ranges, ovens, and stove should help [...]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
We’ve all been there: 12 minutes ’til Oprah comes on– just enough time to bake a frozen pizza. So you turn on the oven and… no heat! Oh my, what to do? Where to start?
In this pearl of appliantological wisdom, I’ll explain the basic troubleshooting strategy for figuring out what’s [...]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
If you’re working on a gas oven that won’t fire up, first come grok this appliance repair revelation that explains how the gas system works in a gas oven. Sublime Masters Pegi and Trying To Help explain how to apply this knowledge in repairing a gas oven that won’t fire up. Although the [...]
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Monday, May 28th, 2007
This tech tidbit applies to the K/A dual-fuel ranges with steam, models KDRP707RSS00, KDRP707RSS01, KDRP767RSS00, or KDRP767RSS01. If you’re having temperature control problems with this range, here’s whatcha need to do:
1. Foist, make sure the oven control is off.
2. Next, turn the Selector knob to Bake, Convection Roast or [...]
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Whirlpool DSI
range won’t stay lit; spark is strong.
Pointers: one, two, three.
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Older GE range
Ran self-clean, now door locked shut.
Check slide bar, switch, coil.
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