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I don't quite remember how much of the stove saga I have posted here earlier. Shortly before the covid-19 pandemic began, I got rid of the stove that came with the condo because its oven hadn't worked for years. I bought a new-to-me range at a dicey-looking joint just over the county line. It had a four-month warranty and the oven stopped working at the six-month mark. The appliance repairman wanted $400 to fix it. I had paid something like $250 for the stove.
Our condo maintenance supervisor, Louis, who lives in my building and does odd jobs on the side, had said he'd keep an eye out for perfectly good gas ranges that somebody was going to throw out during remodeling. He snagged a basic Amana model and brought it over here and hooked it up. The guy who gave it to him said everything worked on it, but as it turned out, he'd shorted out the control panel when he tried to replace the light bulb inside the oven.
Louis pointed out that the oven control panel was a self-contained unit that would be easy for us to replace. Armed with the model and serial and part numbers, I ordered a panel from some website called PartSelect and even paid a little extra for faster shipping.
That was the week before Thanksgiving.
Fast forward through weeks and weeks of checking in with the company behind the website and listening to the news about supply-chain delays and semiconductor shortages. I figured that the relatively simple chips inside a replacement part for an aging stove were low down on the foundries' priority list.
Finally, on March 14 (my half-birthday), the part ARRIVED!
I held my breath while the boy toy installed it ... but it fit in its slot perfectly and it WORKS!
It is great to be using a full-size oven again, especially since the gas is covered in the condo fee while the electricity is not. Just today we cooked a big-ass pizza from Lidl for lunch and then the boy toy roasted a half-turkey that's been sitting in the freezer for a while.
Our condo maintenance supervisor, Louis, who lives in my building and does odd jobs on the side, had said he'd keep an eye out for perfectly good gas ranges that somebody was going to throw out during remodeling. He snagged a basic Amana model and brought it over here and hooked it up. The guy who gave it to him said everything worked on it, but as it turned out, he'd shorted out the control panel when he tried to replace the light bulb inside the oven.
Louis pointed out that the oven control panel was a self-contained unit that would be easy for us to replace. Armed with the model and serial and part numbers, I ordered a panel from some website called PartSelect and even paid a little extra for faster shipping.
That was the week before Thanksgiving.
Fast forward through weeks and weeks of checking in with the company behind the website and listening to the news about supply-chain delays and semiconductor shortages. I figured that the relatively simple chips inside a replacement part for an aging stove were low down on the foundries' priority list.
Finally, on March 14 (my half-birthday), the part ARRIVED!
I held my breath while the boy toy installed it ... but it fit in its slot perfectly and it WORKS!
It is great to be using a full-size oven again, especially since the gas is covered in the condo fee while the electricity is not. Just today we cooked a big-ass pizza from Lidl for lunch and then the boy toy roasted a half-turkey that's been sitting in the freezer for a while.
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