Stove repair place...or electrician?
Unsettling problem with a stove, which is giving off an occasional spark by the knobs when turned on, and it’s blowing fuses intermittently, even though it’s a gas stove and only using minimal electricity. This seems to me that it’d be a stove repair problem, but the handyman maintains it’s an electrical problem. I’m trying…
Unsettling problem with a stove, which is giving off an occasional spark by the knobs when turned on, and it’s blowing fuses intermittently, even though it’s a gas stove and only using minimal electricity. This seems to me that it’d be a stove repair problem, but the handyman maintains it’s an electrical problem.
I’m trying to decide which, since both are expensive – and there’s no guarantee that the stove will exhibit the problem when the repair man shows up – and I’ve love any suggestions for either one: competent affordable stove repair or licensed electrician.
Any suggestions? I’ve called some of the stove repair place mentioned here in the past and haven’t been too impressed so far.
Thanks for the Christopher John recommendation. At the moment, more people I’ve talked to seem to lean toward the hypothesis that the problem is the stove, so I’m still looking for stove repairers (not the “authorized” brand ones), but it’s handy to have an eletrician as a fall-back.
I had a friend of mine that haad the same problem and they called Christopher john electrical and they fixed the problem at a great price and even looked over a couple of other things around the house and gave an estimate for other work for the same price
you could research the brand name on line and try to get their tech people and schematics. what if you tested this outlet with an air conditioner or frig, to see if it blows, watch for fire hazards though in case you didn’t have a proper install.
are you sure it’s the stove that’s snapping the breaker? Is it the only thing on the breaker? If so, then I think you’d want to speak to a repairperson as it seems likely that it’s the stove causing the problem to the breaker, not the other way around.
Sorry if I wasn’t clear. Funny. I meant that both electricians and repairmen seem to be expensive. It appears to be in the vicinity of $100 just to get one to knock at your door.
The stove is actually not expensive, but I’d still be wanting to get it repaired. Not only do I not have the few extra bucks to spend for a new one right now. But it’s also a function of time! When I face a long-term purchase, it takes forever to do the research and comparison shopping.
So repair suggestions are welcome – stove or electricians, either one.
first, how old is the stove? if its 10-20 years old, given the problems of getting repairmen and figuring out just what the problem is I’d get a new one.
That said, you can also get appliance repair from Sears…not sure if they are more prompt but I’d give them a try. If we all knew how old it was and what brand it was that might be nore helpful.
The stove top and the oven are BOTH gas?
I hate to say it, but unless by “both are expensive” you mean REALLY expensive – 1K or above – I would price a new one before I paid a repair man. First, it will take you some time to even find a good repair guy. They will charge you probably about $100 just to come over and look at it. If they can fix it right then, great, but you’ve spent $100 to keep the stove you have that’s caused problems in the past. If they need to order a part, you are looking at a week or two’s wait, plus the charge for the part.
You can call PC Richards or any of a dozen places and have a beautiful gas stove delivered to your door tomorrow and installed for about $400. Yes, that’s four times what it might cost to fix, but what happens if you fix it once and it breaks again – are you going to pay another $100 to fix it, or would you rather have spent the money to buy a new one in the first place?
I say this because I have a $1500 oven that’s busted right now. I’m paying someone $350 to fix it – and its taken them about three weeks. I’m very much wondering if I made the right decision…..
Call the manufacturer of the stove and ask to speak to the technical assistance department.