My Oven is On Fire

I don't mean this metaphorically, nor do I mean that the food in the oven is on fire. I mean, "The oven is on fire." As in, the wires in the controller switch overheated, the insulation melted, they arced, and the insulation caught fire. Had I not been standing right there when it happened, I would never have believed it, except for the noxious plastic-smoke and the stench.

Oh, the range is a Thermador PRDS304 dual fuel (that is, gas on top electric oven) range that is about eight years old. This happened during the cleaning cycle.

Needless to say, I killed the circuit breaker and my wife called the repair man.

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 27, 2008
  Wow! That's a good thing you were standing there...otherwise it could have been much worse...count this as a blessing and tell the wife that now that you need to get a new oven...you need to get a new oven with a bunch of new features...features like being able to access the oven over the internet...appliance shopping can be really fun.

• Anonymous
  January 28, 2008
  About 6 months ago, the heating element in our oven decided to burn itself out. My wife watched it fuse itself about 6 in and then cut it off... Needless to say, we went shopping for a new stove that night.

• Anonymous
  January 29, 2008
  Maybe large appliances just don't like you. :)

• Anonymous
  February 25, 2008
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