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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4103248" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p>I posted a thread a while back about how an electrical contractor had found where the previous contractor who did our kitchen remodel had piggy-backed our electric cooktop/stove onto the electrical outlet next to the stove instead of running dedicated wiring like he should have. That thing was just an electrical fire waiting to happen. Good thing I'm not Martha Stewart ... Or worse, Julia Child.</p><p></p><p>I FINALLY got around to using the self cleaning feature on our stove a few nights ago. (What can I say -- I don't cook things in the oven that splatter (at least not without covering it) or spill over (that's what the BIG pan on the bottom rack is for -- I don't wanna crawl in there and have to scrub for a year <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" />).</p><p></p><p>Imagine MY surprise when the damn thing locked the door and heated up both the burners on the stovetop and the inside of the oven to 9000C ... NOT Fahrenheit, Celsius!! (And stayed that way for FOUR HOURS! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😶" title="😶" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f636.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😶" title="😶" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f636.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😶" title="😶" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f636.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😶" title="😶" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f636.png" />) I would have definitely burned the house down.</p><p></p><p>Insurance would have seen the Fire Marshall's report and denied the claim and I'd be in yet another lawsuit with a ******* deadbeat. (This guys business failed -- imagine that -- and his wife is the only one working. I think "maybe" he's drawing SS now but still that's only a pittance. They don't have a dime to their names. Just a house with 2 mortgages and a dog I do NOT want.)</p><p></p><p>That said, I'll still pay a professional for things I know nothing about. I'm a coward when it comes to electric, gas and plumbing. Too many things can go from bad to worse in the blink of an eye.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 4103248, member: 45551"] I posted a thread a while back about how an electrical contractor had found where the previous contractor who did our kitchen remodel had piggy-backed our electric cooktop/stove onto the electrical outlet next to the stove instead of running dedicated wiring like he should have. That thing was just an electrical fire waiting to happen. Good thing I'm not Martha Stewart ... Or worse, Julia Child. I FINALLY got around to using the self cleaning feature on our stove a few nights ago. (What can I say -- I don't cook things in the oven that splatter (at least not without covering it) or spill over (that's what the BIG pan on the bottom rack is for -- I don't wanna crawl in there and have to scrub for a year 🙄). Imagine MY surprise when the damn thing locked the door and heated up both the burners on the stovetop and the inside of the oven to 9000C ... NOT Fahrenheit, Celsius!! (And stayed that way for FOUR HOURS! 😶😶😶😶) I would have definitely burned the house down. Insurance would have seen the Fire Marshall's report and denied the claim and I'd be in yet another lawsuit with a ******* deadbeat. (This guys business failed -- imagine that -- and his wife is the only one working. I think "maybe" he's drawing SS now but still that's only a pittance. They don't have a dime to their names. Just a house with 2 mortgages and a dog I do NOT want.) That said, I'll still pay a professional for things I know nothing about. I'm a coward when it comes to electric, gas and plumbing. Too many things can go from bad to worse in the blink of an eye. [/QUOTE]
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