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Help choosing a quiet oven? Are there any?
Has anyone purchased an electric wall oven recently that is QUIET? My
family has been living a suburban nightmare trying to find one. I will pay $100 cash to the first person who solves this problem for us as explained below. First we bought a Jenn-Air JJW9627DDB with convention on the top oven, thermal on the bottom. The bottom (non-convection) oven fan emitted a high squealing noise that drove us mad. The fan was replaced twice with no change. Then the oven was replaced under warranty, but the replacement had the same noise. (From the fan that cools the electronic controls.) We returned the Jenn-Air and bought a Thermador SC272 after listening to it in the store, where it was acceptably quiet. But when OURS arrived and was installed at home, it sounded like a jet engine. We will probably return it. So clearly, listening to an oven in the store provides NO information about the true loudness. Neither does Consumer Reports magazine. We are at our wits end. It is very expensive (in time and money) to keep buying and returning ovens, waiting for delivery, paying installers, etc. I will pay a $100 cash "finders fee" to the first person who recommends a 27" electric double wall oven that is quiet and currently available for sale, that we buy and like. Alternatively, if you recommend some way to make our oven quieter, and we try it and it works for us, that would also win the prize. Followups directed to misc.consumerS.house. -- Dan Barrett |
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Help choosing a quiet oven? Are there any?
Ask the Gentle Giant. He knows all!
No, but seriously... I think all of the convection ovens are a bit noisy. I prefer to go medeival and roast wild boar on the spit in my backyard while listening to Genesis... I recently installed QuietRock, which is a sheet rock product designed to cut down on sound transmission. Maybe you could install that in between the oven and the cabinetry? Maybe not... No $100 needed for that advice... Thanks for the great GG site, Dan... |
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"central_scrutinizer" wrote in message
ups.com... Ask the Gentle Giant. He knows all! No, but seriously... I think all of the convection ovens are a bit noisy. I prefer to go medeival and roast wild boar on the spit in my backyard while listening to Genesis... I recently installed QuietRock, which is a sheet rock product designed to cut down on sound transmission. Maybe you could install that in between the oven and the cabinetry? Maybe not... It's not the convection fan that is noisy. What makes the most noise is the fan to keep the digital electronics cool. From an engineer's perspective, putting digital electronics on top of a 400-500 degree oven doesn't make much sense. -al sung Rapid Realm Technology, Inc. Hopkinton, MA |
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"Alan Sung" wrote in message ... "central_scrutinizer" wrote in message ups.com... Ask the Gentle Giant. He knows all! No, but seriously... I think all of the convection ovens are a bit noisy. I prefer to go medeival and roast wild boar on the spit in my backyard while listening to Genesis... I recently installed QuietRock, which is a sheet rock product designed to cut down on sound transmission. Maybe you could install that in between the oven and the cabinetry? Maybe not... Oven? Oh, I know- that shiny white thing in the kitchen that doesn't keep stuff cool, or wash dishes. I use mine to store all the metal pots that don't work in the microwave.... (seriously, I have never heard an oven make any particular noises, but I exist well below the level on the food chain that includes convection ovens...) aem sends... |
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:25:58 -0600, someone wrote:
Has anyone purchased an electric wall oven recently that is QUIET? If you want quiet, then don't get a wall oven with electronic controls. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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Help choosing a quiet oven? Are there any?
It is the convection fan that is noisy. I have a convection oven, and
it's only noisy when the convection fan is on. If you use it in normal oven mode (with the heat elements, no fan) it is quiet. A convection oven uses a fan to circulate hot air. You can have the broiler on at 500 degrees, and the broiler element is right under the electronics, but if it's not in convection mode, you won't hear the fan. I'm not sure how Dan's oven works, but at least mine works this way. Regular ovens don't have fans. Convection ovens have fans inside the oven to circulate hot air. Convection ovens do cook food better and faster. I think QuietRock could solve the problem. They have a QuietSeal adhesive for the panels. Just keep in mind, it's about $100 for a sheet of this special dry wall, but it works. |
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On 20 Mar 2006 11:57:42 -0800, someone wrote:
It is the convection fan that is noisy. I have a convection oven, and it's only noisy when the convection fan is on. If you use it in normal oven mode (with the heat elements, no fan) it is quiet. Yeah, except that didn't the guy claimed it wasn't just when the convection was in use? BTW, we have a convection oven, but never use that feature, and I have noticed maybe a couple of times a year when the oven has been on a long time, that SOME fan SOMEWHERE, DID go on when the convection was NOT in use, apparently for cooling purposes. And I think the fan (A fan) also blows sometime during the self-cleaning cycle? But yeah, plain old mechanically controlled, old-fashioned ovens, non-convection, didn't have fans at all, AFAIK. (The guy should stop buying high-end stuff?) Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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OK... The one I have doesn't do that. It's a Kitchen Aid. Perhaps the
only solution is to put in some acoustical treatment, like QuietRock or Acoustiblock. Acoustiblock may be a bit easier, since it is a thin (yet very heavy) sheet, whereas QuietRock is like standard drywall, but heavier, and really does block out sound. I used it on the common wall in my condo, and I can't hear my neighbor's toddler throw a tantrum anymore, so it should help with the oven noise... Dan -- where is the noise coming from? Is it a vibration in the cabinet, or is it from the external face of the oven? If it's from the external face of the oven, I don't know what can be done... If it's inside the cabinet, then an acoustical treament should work. |
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