[Shop-talk] Troubleshooting a fluttering gas oven

[alfuller194 at gmail.com]

If I understand you correctly a gas oven, gas cooktop and a gas water heater
are all behaving inconsistently - yes?  

If so, I would first see if the gas utility is having problems supplying
consistent pressure and quality of gas. You should be able to call them and
have them check without charge.

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All the best,

Al Fuller

-----Original Message-----
From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Jim Franklin
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:29 AM
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shop-talk] Troubleshooting a fluttering gas oven

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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