A kitchen appliance with burners (cook top, stove top, hob). This is distinct from a range which is a appliance with both a stove top and an oven.
Questions tagged [stove]
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Old Whirpool gas stove mystically stops making spark when I put the cover on
I just moved to the new apartment and here we got an old dirty whirpool gas stove with nasty fat stains. I checked it and few burners would stop burn if I stopped to push the button. All the sparks worked alright. I assumed the problem was in…
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Should my 240v electric stove be grounded to the neutral like this?
I have an induction cooktop/stove in a California condo built in 2011-2012.
Recently, I had to pull the cooktop electrical and discovered that the stove has a 3 wire harness (red, black, yellow/green). The building has 4 wires (red, black,…
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How do I connect a new cooktop that has no white neutral wire?
My old cooktop which is being replaced connects to a j-box with black, red, white, and bare ground wires, which goes to a 40 amp circuit breaker (US here, noticed this site is popular with Europe too).
We just bought a brand-new Bosch cooktop which…
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Is this gas range ventilation setup dangerous?
I recently moved in to a new apartment that has a gas range and oven. I have never had a gas stove before, and so I am not sure how it should work.
While cooking the other night, our Carbon Monoxide detector went off. I was using the fan on the…
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What could cause kerosene-like odor from a gas oven/range?
Suddenly my gas range/stove emits a kerosene-like odor when I operate the stove, and especially when I operate the oven -- but our service is natural gas.
I called the local gas utility, and they sent a tech out. The tech said there were no leaks.…
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Stove top ground wire connected to neutral wire
We were removing the in-wall oven from my in-laws' old house (which we rent) to replace it next weekend. The wall oven and cook top were fed from the same supply. In the junction box the cook top ground wire was connected to the neutral wire from…
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How do I relight the pilot light on my Magic Chef stove?
I have a Magic Chef stove (model: 31203KAW) which is not lighting/igniting. We're using a butane lighter to light the stove-top burners (the gas still flows) but I'm nervous about turning on the oven "just to check" (visions of suicidal housewives…
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How important is a grounded stove outlet?
Apologies if covered elsewhere... My place has the old-style three-prong 240V stove outlet, two phases plus neutral. This means the stove (recent, induction) doesn't have a safety ground. The closest ground ever comes to it is if I plug in a…
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My house is nearing 20 years, what will break soon?
Okay, I recently learned that most appliances/things start breaking once the house reaches around 20 years. I'm running 19 now.
From what I have heard, roof (although mine is apparently a 30 year roof), washer/dryer, stove, dishwasher, refrigerator,…
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How to disconnect a weird looking wire
I'm renovating my Kitchen, and my stove is connected in such a way
that I'm not sure how to unplug, I added pictures that might explain it better.
I would like to either disconnect it, or make it longer.
p.s.
I live in Germany, if it matters.
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Oven Outer Glass Replacement
The outside glass of my GE oven ended up breaking and it doesn't seem like I'm having luck finding the exact replacement for the model I have, so my question is does anyone know if there is any that would interchange with GE JBP23DN1Ww. If anyone…
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Should I put tiles on refrigerator to protect against nearby heat?
Small kitchen so the gas range is next to the refrigerator with 1.5" space between. Wasn't a problem until we got a new stove with larger/wider burners closer to the side.
Would like to attach heat shield (or maybe ceramic tiles) to the side of the…
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Is it really okay to hardwire a range (oven/stove) like this? Should I add an outlet?
After a fire in our oven, I pulled it away from our wall to find this
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I've never heard of an oven being hard-wired to the wall like this, but multiple sources (such as this or this) claim it's okay.
Is this really acceptable? Shouldn't…
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Why does one range burner only turn on when another is turned on?
I have a GE smooth surface stove, model JBS55DM2WW.
It has a strange switch problem. When I turn on the front right large burner it does not come on, but if I turn on any of the other burners and then turn the front right one on, it comes on.…
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My stovetop is very hot - should I disable the pilot light?
I've just moved into a new place, and the pilot light on my oven seems to be on overdrive.
The stovetop is very hot to the touch, enough to burn if you hold your hand on it. Besides that danger, it makes the kitchen quite a bit hotter than the…
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