Questions tagged [oven]
For questions about conventional gas or electric ovens used for baking. For a microwave oven, use the microwave-oven tag. See also range and stove which are similar but refer to different appliances.
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Electrical work for hardwired oven
I am in the UK. I am doing a small modification of my kitchen that requires the oven to be moved to another position. I did have an hardwired cable coming from the fuse box.
To solve this, an ...
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GE oven infinite switch replacement [closed]
I have a GE electric oven (JBP24G0F2AD) and need to replace an "infinite switch".
The model number of the switch is WB22X5090.
Is there a compatible model number for this which I could ...
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Sparks, Buzzing, and Smoke when using oven controls [closed]
I was preheating my oven and then some loud buzzing, sparks, and smoke came out of the control panel near the left hand side. The circuit breaker did not flip but I turned off the oven from there. It ...
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Why did my oven's heating element burn out in the same place twice?
My oven is a KitchenAid Model No. KSEG700ESS0, and its heating element has burned out in the same place twice. Stovetop works fine. After the first time, we brought in a handyman (who honestly seemed ...
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Wall-mounted gas oven with external ventilation [closed]
I am searching for a gas wall-mounted oven with external ventilation. Googling tells me all manufacturers of gas wall ovens have replaced external ventilation with room ventilation; the vent is now ...
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Replace or repair oven which is tripping circuit breaker? [closed]
My electric oven is tripping the breaker about 5 minutes after being turned on.
I had an electrician at my home, for another reason, and he checked the breaker and monitored it as I turned the oven on....
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Oven won't heat beyond 265° F
My range is a Maytag MER5775RAW (all electric). As of yesterday, the oven started to preheat extremely slowly (taking 1/2 hour or more to gain a mere 100°F of temperature, according to the onboard ...
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Why do the buttons on my microwave feel different after repairs?
We have an older Viking VGSO166 oven. We had to remove the buttons on the front panel to repair the temperature probe recently. Unfortunately, when we reinserted the buttons, some of them are now ...
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Is a 40 amp breaker acceptable to use for an induction range that has a kW rating of 11.4 kW @ 240V?
I would like to replace an existing electric range in my kitchen with an induction range, LG 30" Induction Slide-in Range - 6.3 cu. ft. - LSIL6334FE. The manufactures website lists a power ...
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Is a 40 amp breaker enough for my stove?
The stove has five burners, convection, and air fryer. I currently have a 40 amp breaker for my 220 power outlet. Is this enough amps for 120/240 V;60 Hz 2N ~ 13 kW?
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Where I should put the new junction box for an induction cooktop given a built-in oven below
I am converting to an induction cooktop GE profile PHP9030STSS and I have a built-in oven GE JTP30SMSS below the cooktop.
I am trying to figure out what is the best place for installing the junction ...
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Is the EMI of the conduits of an induction cooktop and oven laying close to each other a concern? [duplicate]
I am converting to an induction cooktop GE profile PHP9030STSS and I have a built-in oven GE JTP30SMSS below the cooktop.
I am trying to figure out what is the best place for installing the junction ...
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Can wall oven cabinet be too tight?
Our wall oven needed repair. Tech had a hard time pulling the oven out of the cabinet enclosure, it was very tight. I had to help him. We pulled very hard and eventually it moved. He fixed the oven ...
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Oven and over-range microwave not working after oven spark
My girlfriend was using the gas oven and over-range-microwave at the same time. When she went to take food out of the oven she said it sparked, and both appliances turned off. I have tested and the ...
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What is the current through a single phase in a 3 phase power supply when both a stove and oven are connected to similar phases
This question is a slight change from the question:
Can you connect both a cooktop and an oven off one three-phase cable?
In that question, the cooktop got connected to two phases and the oven to a ...
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How to check heating elements in oven using multimeter
I'm trying to fix my oven. It stopped working suddenly during baking - no tipped breaker, just went off and heating not working anymore (also no light).
While connected to electricity it just does ...
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Are special screws required inside an oven?
I am replacing the oven grilling element in my Inglis Citation Programmable Cooking Self Cleaning Oven stove model IUP 37500 because it burned out. I have a two-part question.
The OEM element was ...
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Blackened Cooker Insulation
I've attached an image of the back of my cooker which shows some blackening of the insulation around the top, is this normal or a problem please?
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How to light my magic chef oven model #cly1631bdh
Rv oven
Model cly1631bdh
Serial number 13357478wy
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Whirlpool Stove bottom coil not heating
Recently my Whirlpool Stove/Oven has been messing up. I.E. The bottom coil (I think that’s what it’s called) has not been heating up, not sure what part to order because i can’t find the manual ...
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Why isn't this oven igniting?
My friend's oven recently stopped working, and the pilot light for the burners appears to be out. The stovetop burners still ignite and work.
We've searched the oven for some kind of mark indicating a ...
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How to connect a 5-wire oven to a 3-wire electrical source?
I am in Dubai, I have an electric oven that came with a 5 wire connection I have to wire it into the oven and the wall. The wall has 3 wire connection
The oven is a Midea Vesta Electric Cooker ...
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Add a thermostat to a gas oven?
Can you add a thermostat to a LP gas oven? I made the mistake of buying one without a thermostat, and the oven runs way hot, even with the temperature knob turned all the way down the temperature is ...
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Oven Light-fixture
I turned on my electric fan oven and at the same time the light inside blew. The glass has come out of its own metal holder, so still inside the oven light socket. How the hell do I remove it? I also ...
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How to hard-wire oven?
Bought a new oven for in-wall installation. New oven has black red white but junction box has 2 black 1 red 1 green 1 copper and 1 bare. I don’t know how to connect this.
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I want to shut off my 1960s wedgewood futura wall oven [closed]
My house was built in 1966. I don't use the oven. What exactly does the shut off valve look like?
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Electric Double Oven 10AWG on 40A breaker? [duplicate]
I've upgraded to a larger breaker panel and am reviewing wire sizes and breakers from prior installs before we purchased the home. The home is located near Chicago and must follow Chicago electric ...
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Oven 3 Wire Question
I just removed a 46-year-old GE single oven. The house wiring to the old oven consists of 2 hots and a bare ground wire in Romex sheathing (no neutral wire). It is a dedicated circuit. The house was ...
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Oven/microwave combo will not work
So we had a Jennair wall oven microwave combo when we moved into our house and it worked great for several years. Suddenly they quit. If I open the microwave the lights flash on and off but it won't ...
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Possible cause of electric oven failure?
I'm not sure what has failed in my electric oven. I had it warming up to temperature to cook a meal. I heard a loud pop and it's now completely dead. The hob which is also connected up to the same ...
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Can I use Blaster Advanced Dry Lube on electric oven door hinges without fear of combustion?
Can I use "Blaster Advanced Dry Lube" to lubricate the oven door hinges?
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Why is this oven wired this way?
In the process of removing my father's old wall oven, I noticed it was wired as shown in the images. I was expecting to see a much simpler wiring setup. Is this combining two 120s to make a 240? Are ...
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New oven old home
I'm in the middle of a kitchen remodel and all is well but the oven wiring is giving me pause. I was about to move forward with hooking this up but knowing the prior owner did a lot of DIY as cheaply ...
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What are the safe assumptions I can make when installing a wall oven without model/serial?
I'm building a basement ADU and a net new kitchen. I was a gently used Meile oven and want to wire this into my new basement subpanel. Most of the sticker was removed so I can't find the model/serial.
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Is electrical wiring causing issues with our kitchen oven?
We bought an LG convection range in 2012 to replace an old built in oven and stove top in our kitchen. We had to replace the bottom element in the oven three times over 11 years, thinking that it was ...
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Can I convert 50 amp electric oven circuit to subpanel, and power oven plus water heater, plus maybe a car charger?
My gas water heater is very old, and I'd like to replace it with a heat pump electric water heater. The one I'm looking at is 19 amps, 240 volts. My breaker box is in a finished part of my basement, ...
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how do I attach new oven element which has 4 spades instead of two [closed]
Need to replace oven element. Old one has 2 spades, replacement cam with 4 - can I still use it? If so how do I attach it? Please keep it really simple.
Thank you
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SMEG SNL90D constantly resetting
I have an issue with a SMEG SNL90D shown below:
It is an oven and cooker combo, and the digital clock is constantly resetting. This disables the oven functionality but leaves the ignition spark for ...
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Stove socket with unconnected cable plugged in caused breaker to trip [closed]
I plugged in an unconnected cable to a stove outlet and it caused the breaker to trip. What could be the problem?
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Any trick to installing a double electric wall oven "whip" so it doesn't bunch up but slides backwards when the oven is pushed back into the cabinet?
Is there a trick or "life hack" to holding the metal-shielded cable, the "whip", in place on the top of a double electric wall oven so that the 4-wire conductor cable and junction ...
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How can I find the actual error code on this oven?
This GE model JT3500DF6BB double wall oven sometimes stops running when in Sabbath Mode. When this happens, the display shows F ⊃ ⊃ - but not the actual fault code next to the F.
When I take it out of ...
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When an electric oven junction box needs to be relocated can a whip be run from the old box under US NEC 2014?
Our double wall oven went kaput and had to be replaced. Discovered today that the new oven and the old oven (same manufacturer) want the junction box in different locations.
Is it code-compliant (NEC ...
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Can we place a Ninja Foodie XL 6 in 1 convection oven where our conventional oven has been?
Our in-the-wall oven has died. We never really used it anyway. We have a Ninja Foodie 6 in 1 air fryer/convection oven that we use regularly. Can we place it in the spot where our built-in oven has ...
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Microwave oven install [closed]
I got a replacement microwave and the guy that installed it did not do that paper instructions alignment from below the cabinet before drilling the nails above the cabinet. I think he just drilled a ...
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Is conduit needed for extension of wall oven wiring?
I recently bought a GE in-wall oven (JRP20WJWW), but the whip power cable is too short (it was 45 inches, not 49 inches like the last oven).
Since the power is on the left side of the oven and my ...
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Bread oven 3 decks the element break apart
I’m a baker got experience in electrical skill.
My baking oven element was exploded and stop working. I try to repair the broken element with copper wire. However it last only few days and die again.
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How to get this stuff off the bottom of my oven?
I have a new oven (Cafe/GE, if that matters) and like to keep it really clean. So much so that I line the bottom with black teflon sheets, which are removable and very easy to clean.
However, I ...
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KitchenAid Oven (Model KDRP407HSS13) - Oven Part Lost Power; Gas Range Still Working
I have a KitchenAid oven (model KDRP407HSS13) that's lost power to the oven part. Last night I cooked tenderloin in last night no problem. Later that night I went to clean up and noticed that the ...
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Use one leg of oven's 240v supply, to simultaneously power a 120v microwave?
I just removed a double wall oven, because the control panel had partially melted. (I suspect the previous owner used the self-clean function, which in my opinion is an anti-feature for ovens.)
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Why did my Whirlpool electric stove/oven blow the control board?
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-Whirlpool electric stove/oven model: FFEH3054USE
-Bought new September 2022
Problem: Was cooking sauce on the stovetop burner and I smelled an electrical burning smell. Oven was OFF. I saw a ...