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GE Hotpoint range fire hazard: it happened to us Good Music 08-24-2005
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Posted by Good Music on August 24, 2005, 5:44 am


Has anyone else had or heard of anyone having problems with GE / Hotpoint
ranges that get some kind of short in the broiler which causes it to
suddenly light up as bright as the sun and start sparking & flaming, like a
road flare, right at the electrical connection on one end at the back wall
of the oven? And when you turn the oven control knob "off", and the
electric "power" light goes off, but the broiler stays energized and you
can't turn it off?

We had this happen today. It happened all of a sudden. We had the oven
(not the broiler) turned on on our GE / Hotpoint MODEL#: RB757 range (7
years old). It had been on about 4 minutes preheating. Then it made a loud
POP and lit up bright as the sun inside the oven compartment as sparks and
flames shot out the place where the broiler coil connects to the electrical
contact in the back wall of the oven.

When the fire trucks arrived and the firefighters rushed in, they kept
spraying it and it just kept hissing and smoking but stayed lit up real
bright at that one point and on fire (I had turned off the control knob and
assumed maybe there was some food stuck on it that was causing it to still
burn, but they said no, it's still energized.). As soon as I switched off
the breaker, the bright light and fire and hissing immediately ceased.
There was no food on the element.

They dragged the range out the front door and onto the concrete driveway and
doused it, and said I should contact the manufacturer, which I will.

But first I want to see if this has happened to others. I looked for any
evidence on the web of this happening to anyone else; all I found is one
person said she got "E2" or soemthing error code displayed on her range and
the broiler would come on even with the knob in the "off" position, and had
to turn it off at the breaker. But she didn't have the sparks and fire.

Any evidence of this not just happening to us is appreciated. Thanks,

- Bobby & Susan






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Posted by Hell Toupee on August 24, 2005, 8:55 am


Good Music wrote:
>
> Has anyone else had or heard of anyone having problems with GE / Hotpoint
> ranges that get some kind of short in the broiler which causes it to
> suddenly light up as bright as the sun and start sparking & flaming, like a
> road flare, right at the electrical connection on one end at the back wall
> of the oven? And when you turn the oven control knob "off", and the
> electric "power" light goes off, but the broiler stays energized and you
> can't turn it off?
>
> We had this happen today. It happened all of a sudden. We had the oven
> (not the broiler) turned on on our GE / Hotpoint MODEL#: RB757 range (7
> years old).

There's a recall on it:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml04/04576.html


Posted by CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert on August 24, 2005, 10:00 am


Good Music wrote:
> Has anyone else had or heard of anyone having problems with GE / Hotpoint
> ranges that get some kind of short in the broiler which causes it to
> suddenly light up as bright as the sun and start sparking & flaming, like a
> road flare, right at the electrical connection on one end at the back wall
> of the oven? And when you turn the oven control knob "off", and the
> electric "power" light goes off, but the broiler stays energized and you
> can't turn it off?
>
> We had this happen today. It happened all of a sudden. We had the oven
> (not the broiler) turned on on our GE / Hotpoint MODEL#: RB757 range (7
> years old). It had been on about 4 minutes preheating. Then it made a loud
> POP and lit up bright as the sun inside the oven compartment as sparks and
> flames shot out the place where the broiler coil connects to the electrical
> contact in the back wall of the oven.
>
> When the fire trucks arrived and the firefighters rushed in, they kept
> spraying it and it just kept hissing and smoking but stayed lit up real
> bright at that one point and on fire (I had turned off the control knob and
> assumed maybe there was some food stuck on it that was causing it to still
> burn, but they said no, it's still energized.). As soon as I switched off
> the breaker, the bright light and fire and hissing immediately ceased.
> There was no food on the element.
>
> They dragged the range out the front door and onto the concrete driveway and
> doused it, and said I should contact the manufacturer, which I will.
>
> But first I want to see if this has happened to others. I looked for any
> evidence on the web of this happening to anyone else; all I found is one
> person said she got "E2" or soemthing error code displayed on her range and
> the broiler would come on even with the knob in the "off" position, and had
> to turn it off at the breaker. But she didn't have the sparks and fire.
>
> Any evidence of this not just happening to us is appreciated. Thanks,
>
> - Bobby & Susan
>
>
>
>

Why didnt you pull the breaker before you called the fire department? I
am assuming this is an electrical model and not a gas one? Sorry I dont
own this model I don't think, and don't know of this happening to anyone
else. Ill check my model when I get home, but mine is gas and I assume
yours is not.

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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 24, 2005, 3:36 pm


You want us to believe

* The fire department used water hose on what was obviously an electric
stove
* That you, the home owner, was the person who turned off the breaker

Sir, we'll assume for the moment that you are telling the truth. I'd be sure
to contact your local fire department and tell them that their hose jockeys
are desperately in need of some training. Actually, you could use some
training, too.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
.
..


Has anyone else had or heard of anyone having problems with GE / Hotpoint
ranges that get some kind of short in the broiler which causes it to
suddenly light up as bright as the sun and start sparking & flaming, like a
road flare, right at the electrical connection on one end at the back wall
of the oven? And when you turn the oven control knob "off", and the
electric "power" light goes off, but the broiler stays energized and you
can't turn it off?

We had this happen today. It happened all of a sudden. We had the oven
(not the broiler) turned on on our GE / Hotpoint MODEL#: RB757 range (7
years old). It had been on about 4 minutes preheating. Then it made a loud
POP and lit up bright as the sun inside the oven compartment as sparks and
flames shot out the place where the broiler coil connects to the electrical
contact in the back wall of the oven.

When the fire trucks arrived and the firefighters rushed in, they kept
spraying it and it just kept hissing and smoking but stayed lit up real
bright at that one point and on fire (I had turned off the control knob and
assumed maybe there was some food stuck on it that was causing it to still
burn, but they said no, it's still energized.). As soon as I switched off
the breaker, the bright light and fire and hissing immediately ceased.
There was no food on the element.

They dragged the range out the front door and onto the concrete driveway and
doused it, and said I should contact the manufacturer, which I will.

But first I want to see if this has happened to others. I looked for any
evidence on the web of this happening to anyone else; all I found is one
person said she got "E2" or soemthing error code displayed on her range and
the broiler would come on even with the knob in the "off" position, and had
to turn it off at the breaker. But she didn't have the sparks and fire.

Any evidence of this not just happening to us is appreciated. Thanks,

- Bobby & Susan







Posted by xhepera on August 24, 2005, 10:01 am


>You want us to believe


>* The fire department used water hose on >what was obviously an electric
>stove

Where did it say that the FD used a water hose?



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