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[cuzzin sam]

We don't have a lot of gas appliances around here and this was a new one for me. The folks in this rental house claim that they got up in the middle of the night to find that the gas oven was about a thousand degrees even though it was turned off. I should also tell you that this couple has a reputation of indulging in, hmm, pharmacuticals is a good word.

I turned the oven on and off several times, let it run for 10 minutes, turned it back off etc etc and it performed flawlessly. The only thing I noticed was that the hot surface ignitor remained on the entire time the gas valve was on - is this normal?

The couple couldn't tell me if the burner was on or not at the time (I was wondering if the ignitor itself, without the gas being on could cause such high heat) but that they were sure the switch was off.

Anybody seen this problem before or should I chalk it up to too much, uh, tylenol on a Saturday night? Thanks, Sam

[jambatt]

Thermostat controls ignitor. Ignitor controls control valve. Ignitor glows until thermostat shuts off ignitor when desired temp is reached.Bad ignitor will glow and build up some heat in oven if left on long enough, but temp probably won't reach 200 degrees.

Edited February 8, 2012 by jambatt

[RegUS_PatOff]

... find that the gas oven was about a thousand degrees even though it was turned off.

... hot surface ignitor remained on the entire time the gas valve was on - is this normal?

1) it may have been at the end of a Self-Clean Cycle that someone started ...

2) yes