[Shop-talk] Troubleshooting a fluttering gas oven

[Jim Franklin]

Natural gas. We're on a cul de sac, I'll see if any of the neighbors have the same issue.

jim

> On Aug 22, 2023, at 4:44 PM, John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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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