"Andrew Menadue" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman wrote:
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NikV wrote:

SWMBO has got her heart set on a gas double oven to replace our old
elctric fan oven


Try and persuade her otherwise. There really are no advantages over an
electric one domestically - apart from perhaps quicker pre-heating, but
lots of disadvantages.

What would you regard as disadvantages?

One is that they chuck out lots of heat: friends of ours have one and in the
summer it makes their kitchen unbearable. This is one area electric has the
advantage: because there are no waste gases to dispose of (into your living
area) all the heat can be kept inside the oven.

They're also inherently safer as there's no gas to possibly escape if the
flame supervision mechanism goes wrong, or possibility of poisonous fumes
from incomlete combustion.