"Goedjn" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:40:32 -0800, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

Might sound like a strange question, but given the relative cheapness of a
midline oven, how often do you replace it?


There is no particular reason why it shouldn't continue to work
more or less forever, with minor repairs. YOu replace it when
other considerations than age force you to do so.

Believe it or not thanks, that's basically what I was wondering but didn't
know for sure. I have problems trusting old high energy appliances from
other experiences but at the same time didn't want to fool myself into
spending a few coin on something I didn't really NEED at this time.

A lot of my experiences come from a friend who redid most of his house. The
oven he pulled out was throwing errors at Thanksgiving (it was one of the
first LCD ovens) so when we pulled it the 10/3 aluminum wiring was blackened
from years of use and bad wiring.

Needless to say he pulled a new strand of oversized romex to his new digital
oven.