davidfmayerphd
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@tongdtbds4 Truly. It burned a dime-sized hole THROUGH a metal non-stick skillet I had just put on the burner to fry an egg in. I had just added a little olive oil to the pan. Turned on the burner. Burner started going out and sending out huge sparks, and it somehow burned the hole. The weak spot in the burner is right where the heat concentrated and made the hole in the pan. The noise it made during the sparking and burning through the metal was also incredible. I’m so shocked it didn’t cause a fire. Sparks were flying everywhere for about 45 seconds. I grabbed the fire extinguisher but didn’t have to use it! It stopped on its own.
There’s actually more to the story, I was just trying to keep it short before. But I know someone will say a burner going out doesn’t meant your range can’t be fixed. The first thing that happened with it is that the heating element in the oven burned out, also super dramatically with lots of sparks flying out of the vents in the oven door. It’s from the 80s and after the tech replaced that part, the oven would never get up to temp after that, and they came back and said that the other parts needed for that issue (temperature sensor, possibly a new control panel) were no longer made. We kept using the stove for a few more weeks (tech said it was safe to) until the stove had the burner issue I described. Haven’t touched it since, and we even flipped the breaker switch to it.
It’s also a 27” unit and the standard now is 30” so we have been waiting awhile to figure out what to do and we are going to have to do a fun little kitchen reno to make the new one fit! Fun stuff. We knew about the size issue when we bought the house but had planned to update the kitchen in 2-ish years and figured it would last that long since people assured us those old appliances last forever. They do, but when parts are no longer made then that’s all you can do. We could probably hunt down a part but two situations where the unit nearly caught fire is enough for me. I love vintage stuff, and I think the range has an awesome aesthetic, but I’m out.
There’s actually more to the story, I was just trying to keep it short before. But I know someone will say a burner going out doesn’t meant your range can’t be fixed. The first thing that happened with it is that the heating element in the oven burned out, also super dramatically with lots of sparks flying out of the vents in the oven door. It’s from the 80s and after the tech replaced that part, the oven would never get up to temp after that, and they came back and said that the other parts needed for that issue (temperature sensor, possibly a new control panel) were no longer made. We kept using the stove for a few more weeks (tech said it was safe to) until the stove had the burner issue I described. Haven’t touched it since, and we even flipped the breaker switch to it.
It’s also a 27” unit and the standard now is 30” so we have been waiting awhile to figure out what to do and we are going to have to do a fun little kitchen reno to make the new one fit! Fun stuff. We knew about the size issue when we bought the house but had planned to update the kitchen in 2-ish years and figured it would last that long since people assured us those old appliances last forever. They do, but when parts are no longer made then that’s all you can do. We could probably hunt down a part but two situations where the unit nearly caught fire is enough for me. I love vintage stuff, and I think the range has an awesome aesthetic, but I’m out.