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UPDATE: The Oven and Range Repair course is now open for enrollment. Click here for details. Team Samurai is turning up the heat this July with a new full-length technical course: Oven and Range Repair The content that we’ve created for you is absolutely fantastic. We cannot wait to be able to open the doors so you can see it for yourself. This is a mondo course, with over 30 original videos and 7 Case Studies, that was almost a year in the making using the same training structure for the prerequisite courses we developed for Sub-Zero Wolf factory training. The Oven and Range Repair training course covers all the technology used in modern gas and electric cooking appliances, ovens, cooktops, and microwaves, and includes seven real-world troubleshooting case studies using the world-famous Ten Step Tango® troubleshooting procedure. Next to refrigerators, cooking appliances are the most profitable appliances to repair, especially high-end cooking appliances. Any appliance company that expects to thrive and prosper in the coming recession needs to be competent at troubleshooting and repairing high-end cooking appliances and this course empowers any tech to do exactly that. Here's a list of the topics taught in the course: 1 Groundwork concepts 1.1 Basic electricity refresher 1.2 Conductor ampacity 1.3 120/240 VAC split phase power supplies 1.4 Ghost voltage and electrical measurements 1.5 GFCI and AFCI circuit protection 1.6 Gas fuel basics 2 Cooking appliance technology 2.1 Mechanical and solid state relays 2.2 Capacitive touchpanels 2.3 Motorized door lock assemblies 2.4 RTD oven temperature sensors 2.5 Electronic oven controls 2.6 Microwave oven operating principles and troubleshooting 2.7 Electric cooktop infinite switches 2.8 Radiant and inductive cooktops 2.9 Gas surface burners 2.10 Gas oven burners 2.11 Fuel conversion on gas ovens and cooktops 2.12 Gas burner spark ignition systems 2.13 Gas flame detection and burner reignition systems 2.14 Gas oven hot surface ignition systems 2.15 Direct spark ignition (DSI) systems 3 Seven troubleshooting case studies on modern, real-world gas and electric ovens and cooktops applying the principles taught in the course and the world-famous Ten Step Tango® troubleshooting procedure. 3.1 Dual fuel range - oven no heat 3.2 Double wall oven - long pre-heat 3.3 Dual fuel range - gas surface burner continuous sparking 3.4 Dual fuel range - gas surface burner no ignition 3.5 Gas range - bake burner no ignition 3.6 Gas range - low/erratic oven temperature 3.7 Electric cooktop - hot surface indicator light stays on The Oven and Range Repair training course will be released this coming Saturday, July 15, 2017, at the bargain introductory tuition of only $375. We'll announce the official release in our newsletter. Look for it in your inbox.