[Shop-talk] Troubleshooting a fluttering gas oven

[John Innis]

Is this a propane house or natural gas house?  I know on propane
installations you can get this if the vent on the pressure regulator is
clogged or damaged, but I have not seen that sort of thing in a natural gas
system.  Maybe ask your gas supplier?  I know our propane provider had a
preferred contractor that did our Nat to LP conversion when we bought a new
gas dryer.

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 3:40 PM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:

> I have a Magic Chef gas range and occasionally the oven will "flutter" and
> take a long time to come up to temp. I bought a clamp ammeter and tested
> the igniter current and it's at 2.9 - 3.0 amps, right where it should be.
> Of course there was no fluttering during this test :-)
>
> Is it possible for these things to fail intermittently or are they pretty
> steady even as they're going bad?
>
> Not to introduce a red herring but sometimes I hear similar fluttering
> from the water heater, and sometimes the stovetop burners won't light, and
> sometimes their flame sounds like it has extra pressure, or another
> non-reactive gas in it because they make jet noises.
>
> This is a rental and I'm on good terms with the landlord and her dog is
> dying so I don't want to burden her with petty things if there's nothing
> really wrong, but I also don't want my roasts to not cook or the house to
> blow up.
>
> thanks,
> jim
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