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[tahoebunny]

Hello, I was wondering if there is anyway a oven could stay on self clean mode for 19 days. This sounds crazy but, I clean houses and I went to clean a house that the people had just moved out of on the 1 of the month. I showed up on the 17th to clean it and notice how hot it was in the kitchen. I checked the oven and I was locked in self clean. Nobody had been at the house for the whole time so I can only assume that it has been on the whole 19 days. I wouldnt have believed this is possible, but I saw it with my own eyes. I've only seen ovens that let you self clean for only up 3 hours, they shut off after that. I'm scared to see the gas bill for this because it's propane and that stuff isn't cheap these days.

[RegUS_PatOff]

“My Rules”:
Rule # 1) Don't ever use Self-Clean on any Oven.
Rule # 2) If you're thinking about using Self-Clean, see rule # 1.
Self-Clean uses nearly 1000F for 3 hours or more.
That can wreak havoc on Electronic Controllers and Connections.

[jumptrout]

If it is still heating turn off the gas supply.

[SANTA]

NOTE *** Oven should be clean by now.

[Scottthewolf]

Somebody is lucky the house didn't catch on fire.

Usually, a thermal cutout switch would have turned the oven off when the heat reaches a certain temperature.

[RegUS_PatOff]

... Usually, a thermal cutout switch would have turned the oven off when the heat reaches a certain temperature.

unless it was by-passed, along with Dryer safety thermals, all-too-often by the home-owner