Yu Gnomi
Premium Member
- Model Number
- KEBS147DB
- Brand
- KitchenAid
- Age
- More than 10 years
The KitchenAid wall oven at my parents place no longer heats to above 175F, after an incident a little over a week ago. Food was being cooked in the oven, the oven door wouldn't open until someone yanked it open (to keep the food from being burnt). The oven is currently de-powered (circuit breaker manually opened), mainly to keep the oven lights from burning out. As it is now, the "Oven Door Open" light is always on when the oven is powered and it is set to bake food, which I guess is why it only heats to 175F
As it happens I recently started working in appliance repair (~1 week ago), and might have access to the sort of dolly/cart used to remove wall ovens by this weekend, as well as other tools. I would like to make the oven functional for baking food again, but fixing or replacing the latch is not a priority, or even a goal. My parents claim they never use the self-cleaning function, but I think maybe they accidentally set it to self-clean while trying to make food. They won't miss the door latch or self-cleaning, and won't want to buy a new wall oven.
Any help or advice appreciated
As it happens I recently started working in appliance repair (~1 week ago), and might have access to the sort of dolly/cart used to remove wall ovens by this weekend, as well as other tools. I would like to make the oven functional for baking food again, but fixing or replacing the latch is not a priority, or even a goal. My parents claim they never use the self-cleaning function, but I think maybe they accidentally set it to self-clean while trying to make food. They won't miss the door latch or self-cleaning, and won't want to buy a new wall oven.
Any help or advice appreciated