Question about a stove/oven issue I'm having...

[beer]

I just heated my oven to bake some fish. As it's preheating, I'm reading AT. I went back and I noticed that, despite all the surface burners being off, one of the burners is really, really HOT. What gives? Why could this be happening? I never noticed this before. Should I talk to my landlord about getting this replaced? Is it an electrical fire risk?

I'm assuming that when I turn off the oven, the surface burner will cool down. But the two shouldn't be correlated....

 

[T2T III]

Contact your landlord. There is definately a problem with your unit. New ovens/stoves are only $500 or so.

 

[Eli]

Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

 

[ys]

I believe that burner has an oven exhaust under it.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

 

[alkemyst]

It's more than likely the rear right or left burner and is due to the 'chimney'.

Try cleaning your oven and touching that one, instant 3rd degree burns

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Well it is, he assumed correctly.

Why would they put a 'chimney' right over the burner? In any over I've ever worked with, I've never seen or heard of that before.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Well it is, he assumed correctly.

Why would they put a 'chimney' right over the burner? In any over I've ever worked with, I've never seen or heard of that before.

You must not be very old.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Is it an electrical fire risk?

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Is it an electrical fire risk?

Remove the element if you can.
If it stops getting hot, you know you've got a wiring problem. Otherwise, it's just the heat coming from the oven.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Is it an electrical fire risk?

Remove the element if you can.
If it stops getting hot, you know you've got a wiring problem. Otherwise, it's just the heat coming from the oven.

I really doubt it's the heat from the oven. You should be able to tell if the burner is on or not.

If you really can't, do you have access to a volt meter? You could take the burner in question out, and see if it's recieving current.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Eli
Sounds like faulty wiring.

Considering your stove is a big hunk of metal that you're in contact with whenever you're using it, I'd have it fixed.

Did he say his stove/oven is electric?

Well it is, he assumed correctly.

Why would they put a 'chimney' right over the burner? In any over I've ever worked with, I've never seen or heard of that before.

The chimney goes under the burner and directs to the oven....

It is needed for self cleaning ovens due to the fact that you seal the door shut and there are gases created by the cleaning, I believe. I would imagine on the really dirty and greasy oven there could be quite a bit of pressure built up. In flat topped ranges the 'chimney' is in the back guard of the stove that the knobs and buttons usually sit on.

 

[Eli]

I think I am unaware of all this chimney stuff. I have never felt a vent of hot air anywhere from any oven we've ever had.. heh.

Wouldn't having a chimney kinda defeat the purpose of an oven? It would be terribly inefficient, always losing its heat & having to be on..

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD


Remove the element if you can.
If it stops getting hot, you know you've got a wiring problem. Otherwise, it's just the heat coming from the oven.

Yep, do this. There is a vent from the oven, and it's probably under that burner. If you unplug the burner, and it still gets hot, there you go!