WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HOME TODAY?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Our Jenn-air is gas, and only a cook top. The only thing the fan does is pull the flame to the side. The igniters don't work so well sometimes, so we keep a lighter handy. The knobs are so cheap that you have to replace them every couple years when the plastic splits.

Ours was electric, even though we have Natural Gas service to our house. MomHawk is not a fan of gas ranges and I'm indifferent.

[blsfrs]

My wife is wanting to switch from a gas to an electric range, probably induction stove top. She's worried about indoor pollution. We've got to preserve whatever brain cells we have left.

Trouble is not only the cost of the range but also the cost of running 240v line. Running the line cost our neighbor around $2k.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by humfrz

You're gonna hafta stop cleaning engine parts in your dishwasher!

I'm not that stupid to be cleaning engine parts in it, or at least before giving them a rinse.

But I have been known to do this, they came out so clean I never had to wash them ever again...

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

While they are about the same vintage, I think you may have had a different Jenn-Air than I did. Mine was solely a kitchen cooktop and did not have a clock or timer.

Mine is mid 80's Vintage just like this one, electric, convection ,self cleaning oven, I have the extra grill cartridge which I use heavily and a griddle plate still in its wrapper .



When I hear horror stories about brand new Ranges by friends & family got over the past few years I would be afraid to replace it with a lower quality unit.

And parts seem to be still be available.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by The Red One

I'm not that stupid to be cleaning engine parts in it, or at least before giving them a rinse.

But I have been known to do this, they came out so clean I never had to wash them ever again...

Welp, maybe you can get away with that with a Nikon -

However, I tried that with a Agfa, but it didn't turn out so well. I dropped it in the Ocean at Haystack Rock. Took it back to the hotel room and rinced it with warm water (saved the SD card).

When I got home I took it all apart and cleaned it up good. I couldn't get it back together so I took it to a camera shop and asked him to fix it. He told me he could do it but it would be cheaper for me just to buy a new camera -

(yes, that was back in my drinking days - )

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by The Red One

I'm not that stupid to be cleaning engine parts in it, or at least before giving them a rinse.

But I have been known to do this, they came out so clean I never had to wash them ever again...

I have washed mechanical keyboards (specifically the old original IBM keyboards) in a dishwasher. As long as you let them dry properly, they come out looking brand new.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I have washed mechanical keyboards (specifically the old original IBM keyboards) in a dishwasher. As long as you let them dry properly, they come out looking brand new.

Never had the guts to put my Keyboards in the DW.

This is the closest I came to that.
Lemme just tell you it was quite therapeutic to get them back in their proper place!

Ya I use a Fr keyboard on an English OS... I'm kind of mixed up like that...

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

My wife is wanting to switch from a gas to an electric range, probably induction stove top. She's worried about indoor pollution. We've got to preserve whatever brain cells we have left.

Trouble is not only the cost of the range but also the cost of running 240v line. Running the line cost our neighbor around $2k.

Gas is the only way to cook. More pollution sitting in a room with an air freshener.

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Gas is the only way to cook. More pollution sitting in a room with an air freshener.

Right? If my gas range is polluting, my furnace certainly should've killed me by now

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Right? If my gas range is polluting, my furnace certainly should've killed me by now

We have gas heat. I'm not on the "gas is slowly killing us" crowd, but your furnace is vented where your gas range isn't. There is a difference.

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

We have gas heat. I'm not on the "gas is slowly killing us" crowd, but your furnace is vented where your gas range isn't. There is a difference.

True enough!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

We have gas heat. I'm not on the "gas is slowly killing us" crowd, but your furnace is vented where your gas range isn't. There is a difference.

Not ALL the time -

[Sapphireho]

Just think, early humans, and people not that long ago used coal or wood in their homes to cook and heat. How did we survive?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Just think, early humans, and people not that long ago used coal or wood in their homes to cook and heat. How did we survive?

The old wood and coal burning stoves were vented to the outside.

Except in certain parts of Idaho, where those people died out generations ago.