This summer when I on my big journey, my colleague and housesitter, Warren called me and asked me how to turn on my oven. After going through it step by step, we concluded that Warren was not an idiot and was actually doing everything correctly. My oven was not working and there was something the matter with it.
This morning I had PG&E come out and see if they could fix it. As Randy the serviceman entered, I told him what was going on and he immediately knew that there was a part that had gone kaput. Apparently what happened to my oven is a common. The "HOT SURFACE IGNITION" had died. That part is the element that heats up and glows and heats the oven to the temperature you set it to.
After taking out a couple pieces of the inside of the oven as well as the racks, we located the hot surface ignition and with loosened it with a few screws. However, we still have to disconnect that element from the power source and that took a bit more work. This entailed us moving the appliance away from the wall and unplugging it from the socket. After looking at the back, we determined that the disconnect of the ignition was not on the back, so we had to remove the bottom drawer and go way back underneath the range and unscrew a protective shield and there it was. We unclipped the ignition from the power source and this is what I need to replace.
The kitchen is an obstacle course at the moment.
The hot surface ignition element is found beneath the two pieces on the bottom of the oven and sticks out from the rear of the oven.
The hot surface ignition.
Randy was kind enough to stay by me as I disassembled each part of the range and told me exactly what to do when I install the new ignition and put everything back together. He told me that there was an appliance part store near my home, but I went and it was closed. Seeing is that I won't be able to get to an appliance store during the school day, I have had to resort to purchasing the replacement part from Sears online. The element will be delivered next Friday. That part, if you were wondering, costs $65.06 with taxes and shipping.
A blog posting will be in order when I actually successfully complete this task!
This morning I had PG&E come out and see if they could fix it. As Randy the serviceman entered, I told him what was going on and he immediately knew that there was a part that had gone kaput. Apparently what happened to my oven is a common. The "HOT SURFACE IGNITION" had died. That part is the element that heats up and glows and heats the oven to the temperature you set it to.
After taking out a couple pieces of the inside of the oven as well as the racks, we located the hot surface ignition and with loosened it with a few screws. However, we still have to disconnect that element from the power source and that took a bit more work. This entailed us moving the appliance away from the wall and unplugging it from the socket. After looking at the back, we determined that the disconnect of the ignition was not on the back, so we had to remove the bottom drawer and go way back underneath the range and unscrew a protective shield and there it was. We unclipped the ignition from the power source and this is what I need to replace.
Randy was kind enough to stay by me as I disassembled each part of the range and told me exactly what to do when I install the new ignition and put everything back together. He told me that there was an appliance part store near my home, but I went and it was closed. Seeing is that I won't be able to get to an appliance store during the school day, I have had to resort to purchasing the replacement part from Sears online. The element will be delivered next Friday. That part, if you were wondering, costs $65.06 with taxes and shipping.
A blog posting will be in order when I actually successfully complete this task!
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