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Is my Lady Kenmore on drugs or what? maradcliff 09-22-2006
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Posted by on September 22, 2006, 2:47 am
I have a Lady Kenmore gas cooking stove. I bought it at a garage
sale. It seemed to work perfect when I first got it, but a few weeks
later the ignitor for the top burners seemed to stop clicking on all 4
burners. I checked all the visible wires under the burners. (Now
where the hell they hide the control box for this thing still amazes
me).

OK, I could not get it to work, and was not willing to spend a fortune
for repairing a stove that cost me $30. A 99 cent Bic lighter works
just fine, as well as a sparker for a propane torch.

But here's the weird part. I swear this stove is on drugs or
something. First off, the controls are backwards. Every stove I have
ever used turns starts with a small flame and the further I turn to
the left, the bigger the flame gets. Well, this stove starts out with
a huge flame and the further I torn to the left the smaller it gets.
OK, thats weird enough, but this is the ultimate in weirdness.
When I turn on a burner, I DO NOT hear that click click click. I use
my lighter and light the stove. As soon as there is flame on the
burner, it starts going click click click........ WTF ??????????

Can anyone make any sense of this goofy stove?
Hopefully there is an appliance repair person online.....

Mark

Posted by on September 22, 2006, 8:34 am
The knobs on most gas cooking stoves I've used start with "lite" and then
progress from high flame (setting of 6 for instance) down to the lowest
(i.e. 1). In other words, you have to dial through the highest settings to
get to the lowest. The gas stove we own now operates this way.

You might want to see if you can find the product manual on-line from Sears.
You didn't indicate what the model # is.

May be a reason why the stove was being sold at a garage sale for $30.....

Posted by on September 22, 2006, 12:43 pm
if it is a simple push button igniter then there is no control box, and
you can replace the igniter parts with a kit from home depot for a
grill. if it is a battery operated one, thats more difficult to replace
and does have a control box xomewhere.

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BrianNOSPAM22@verizon.net wrote:
> The knobs on most gas cooking stoves I've used start with "lite" and then
> progress from high flame (setting of 6 for instance) down to the lowest
> (i.e. 1). In other words, you have to dial through the highest settings to
> get to the lowest. The gas stove we own now operates this way.
>
> You might want to see if you can find the product manual on-line from Sears.
> You didn't indicate what the model # is.
>
> May be a reason why the stove was being sold at a garage sale for $30.....


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on September 22, 2006, 1:07 pm

> if it is a simple push button igniter then there is no control box, and
> you can replace the igniter parts with a kit from home depot for a
> grill. if it is a battery operated one, thats more difficult to replace
> and does have a control box xomewhere.
>

I've yet to see a cook stove with push button or battery. They run off of
the 120 v circuit.

They often go band and do some odd things. Stoves have usually one circuit
for the two burners on one side or a single that will take care of all four.

Check www.repairclinic.com for some troubleshooting information.



Posted by on September 22, 2006, 1:55 pm
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:34:34 GMT, BrianNOSPAM22@verizon.net wrote:

>The knobs on most gas cooking stoves I've used start with "lite" and then
>progress from high flame (setting of 6 for instance) down to the lowest
>(i.e. 1). In other words, you have to dial through the highest settings to
>get to the lowest. The gas stove we own now operates this way.
>
>You might want to see if you can find the product manual on-line from Sears.
>You didn't indicate what the model # is.
>
>May be a reason why the stove was being sold at a garage sale for $30.....

---

Any idea where to find the model number on a Kenmore?

Mark

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