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GE XL44 Range ERC Diagnostic Tests

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Lots of these old GE XL44 model family of ranges out there in use today. At some point, you’ll need to run diagnostic tests on the old girl. Could be an error code in the display, incessant beeping, or it just ain’t working right for some reason. In any case, putting the [...]

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Gas Stove Burner Sparking Continuously After Burner is Lit

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Gas stove clicks and clicks
even though burner is lit.
Some things to check here.

To learn more about your range/stove/oven, or to order parts, click here.

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Wolf Appliance Recalls Gas Ranges Due to Burn Hazard

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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Stove Troubleshooting and Repair Manual

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Stove Troubleshooting and Repair Manual

Problem
Possible Solution

[Electric Only]"One of the elements on my electric stove doesn’t come on and I’ve got company coming and I’m just gonna die!"

Ok, so maybe the element is burned out. "Oh, I know the element is burned out because it’s not getting hot." Yes, Virginia, and a bad element [...]

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Electrical Outlets for Electric Ovens, Ranges, and Stoves

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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How to Open the Control Panel on a Jenn Air or Maytag Slide-In Range

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

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I would like directions to replace the touch panel on the front of our Jenn-Air stove #svd48600. The part number is #695500
Thanks
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Ahh, Grasshoppah, ax and ye shall receive!

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Gas Stove Burners Sparking Like They’re Possessed

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Symptoms: Burner ignitors keep sparking after a burner is fired up. The ignitor may also randomly start sparking again later, while you’re cooking.
Cure: Clean the gookus and corrosion off the mating metal faces on the burner cap and burner base. For details, grok on this topic in the repair forum.

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How Much Money Will You Save by Doing Your Own Appliance Repairs?

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

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NO, I’m not gay. Ijust wanted to know about how much am I saving, by replacing the spark switch/es myself ? I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth a couple of hours of my fun time. Thanx great web-site, can you put [...]

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Complete Listing of All Error Codes for All Thermador Cooking Products

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

It’s an all-you-can-eat error code buffet on Thermador cooking products! Come and git it: sooo-WEEE!
In order to download the error code file, you’ll need to be an Apprentice Appliantologist in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. All your other friends are doing it. How ’bout you?
For more tidbits and insight into [...]

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Your Online Jenn Air Stove Cartridge Store

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

In stock and ready to ship; 30-day money-back guarantee; 100% safe and secure ordering; next-day delivery available. Click it to git it.
Jenn Air Cartridge - Conventional Coil, Stainless Steel (Manufacturer’s Number A100) - Designer Collection. Stainless steel.

Jenn Air Cartridge - Conventional Coil, Black (Manufacturer’s Number A100B) - Designer Collection. Black.

Jenn Air Griddle - Electric [...]

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Fahrenheit or Celsius Temperature Selection in GE Ovens

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

If you’ve accidentally switched the oven control on your GE oven from Fahrenheit to Celsius (or vice versa), it can seem like an oven control problem; the keypad will accept some temperature selections and not others. Easy enough to switch back to the way you want it– this excerpt from your owner’s manual explains [...]

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Removing the Door Gasket on a Dacor Range

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Those braided door gaskets in Dacor oven doors are nice and fluffy and springy when they’re new. As you use the oven and spill grease on the door, the gasket will begin to compress allowing heat to escape. At some point, it will bother you enough that you’re gonna need to replace the [...]

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Jenn Air Electric Range Beeps Incessantly; No Fault Code

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

This is usually a bad touchpad. The way to tell for sure is to kill power to the unit, take the control panel down and unplug the ribbon connector that connects touchpanel to the clock. Put it back together and reapply power. The clock will just sit there blinking and, obviously, the buttons won’t [...]

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Frigidaire 30″ Free-Standing Ranges with Mini-Oven: Beeping Sound from Control Panel but No Fault Code

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Service Flash from Electrolux on the 30″ Frigidaire Free-Standing Ranges with lower mini oven and warmer drawer combination:

Beeping sound coming from the control panel area with no fault code displayed in the Electronic Oven Control (EOC). The consumer can set the oven lock out feature and the beeping stops.

Possible open or shorted mini oven [...]

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Maytag, Amana, Jenn Air, and Magic Chef Range F1 Codes

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Here are some juicy pearls of appliantology wisdom from our friends at Maytag for understanding F1 fault codes. In some models, there are subcodes that make diagnosis even easier. Here’s a simple explanation of what’s going on and how to troubleshoot:

The F1 code indicates that:

a. The electronic range control (ERC) is sensing [...]

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