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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
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Subject: Re: Gas oven go BOOM!  NOW what do I do?
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Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 15:16:28 EST
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In article <1221@lll-crg.ARpA>, figmo@lll-crg.ARpA (Lynn Gold) writes:
> and on the gas to restart it, and the whole thing went "BOOM!" and 
> flames shot out about 6 inches.
> 
> Why would an oven do this?  It's bad enough that it's always 25 degrees off. 
> Now I don't know whether or not I need to replace it.  Is there some way that
> I can clean it or something?
Modern gas ovens generally have a device to prevent the main burner from
turning on if the pilot is not lit. Generally the pilot flame hits a thermo-
couple or some such which controls a valve allowing gas into the main burner.
Sounds like the valve and/or the heat sensing circuitry are haywire. How easy
it would be to fix depends a lot on how old it is and how hard it will be to
find parts. Check your local supplier. It might be cheaper to get another
oven entirely and just use the stove top. I don't care much for gas ovens
anyway, they're lousy for broiling (stovetops are a another matter entirely).