I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

Ask her what she wants you to do.

And make a couple calls around, you may find a local appliance repair
service which can make the repairs using a locally gotten part.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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"Paulaner" wrote in message
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I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

If you're feeling ballsy, you could see if they have the part you need he

http://www.partselect.com/

I ordered some parts for my old Modern Maid (apparently a relabeled
Maytag) range from them and they showed up in a couple of days. They'll
probably overnight if you're willing to pay and they have the part in stock.

good luck

nate

(spend the money you save on flowers or jewelry - BTDT)

--
replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
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Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

It's OUTDOOR BAR-B-QUE TIME!

"Paulaner" wrote in message
...
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

Have you checked the price of a new cooktop. I suspect there wouldn't be
too much difference between the price of a new cooktop with you intstalling
it and a replacement top/burners installed by a serviceman. Parts usually
get a 100% markup while a dealer is lucky to make 15% on a new appliance.
Besides if you were to do the replacement top part install yourself, there
would be no warranty on it and if not installed correctly, it can stress
with heat and crack.
You might find a dealer with the cooktop in stock. Sears used to be able to
pull cooktops from their warehouse (if delivered) within a day or two
depending on the size of the market area. If you install the whole cooktop
it doesn't affect the warranty.

Tom G.

hope your doghouse has a couple of microwave ovens!
a caterer? a divorce attorney? hotplates? warmers? electric frying
pans? anything but sterno, some types are for outdoor use only. a new
peanut oil outdoor turkey fryer you've always wanted! crockpots and
rice warmers full of gravy will help too.

Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

It's OUTDOOR BAR-B-QUE TIME!


My oven recently stopped functioning. I paid a guy $80 to come out and tell
me it wasn't working, and that it would cost $379 to get it fixed.

I pulled the oven, pulled a panel, got the tech papers, got the error code,
and fixed it for $62. What was wrong with the oven had nothing to do with
what he said it would take to fix.

I wrote to the guy and told him if he didn't refund me the $80 that I would
make life miserable for him for about three months. My SIL works for the
Governor's Council on Consumer Affairs. I got my refund.

Pull the unit, find he tech papers, and do it yourself. In the meantime,
make due with whatever you can. Or just go buy a new one, and spend the
extra for screwing up.

Steve

In article , "Steve B" wrote:
Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass.

Pull the unit, find he tech papers, and do it yourself. In the meantime,
make due with whatever you can. Or just go buy a new one, and spend the
extra for screwing up.

Did you see the part quoted above where he said he has _broken_glass_?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Buy a new one. I would get a quote on the part price, say "WOW"
and see that a new one is probably 100-200 more.

A new one will solve all the holiday problems and you can probably
do it today.

Tom

Paulaner wrote:
I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.

What I can find....is that new glass will cost you around or above
$700.00 . A new complete unit is around $1000.00 .

After/if to have it serviced.....you will probably be at the 1000
dollar mark anyhow........so just buy a new one......save the old one
for parts for the future.................and install it yourself if
needed by the end of the week.

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:27:59 GMT, Paulaner wrote:

I dropped something heavy on the GE radiant ceramic cooktop (model
JP989B0D4BB) today, and took out the left 2 burners with cracked
glass. The wife is going to kill me as we have a couple dozen
relatives invited for Christmas dinner.

The GE manual and website says I have to schedule a service guy to
come out and fix this, so I called and booked the earliest date on the
29th (argh). My experience with GE service is that they will fed-ex
the new part and then a tech will call to confirm it arrived. I
praying that this part arrives before the 25th, and I can do this
myself, then tell them to just send me a bill instead of coming over.

The only other idea I have is to go out and buy a new cooktop asap. I
installed this one myself and could do it again. The only problem
with that is she may kill me twice for the visa bill in January.

I'm not confident in my plan, and I open to advice from the masses.


Buy a rocket cooker and a couple cans of propane.

avid_hiker wrote:
What I can find....is that new glass will cost you around or above
$700.00 . A new complete unit is around $1000.00 .

After/if to have it serviced.....you will probably be at the 1000
dollar mark anyhow........so just buy a new one......save the old one
for parts for the future.................and install it yourself if
needed by the end of the week.
..
OK; warning!
This is one of those "I told you so" postings!
I have never liked those 'ceramic/glass' units or in fact counter cook
tops generally. Although affluent relatives have them.
In this house, after 36 years, we are on our third stove, or maybe our
fourth? (another used one thrown out by a neighbour who was upgrading
and knew my penchant for 'fixing' things) The only thing wrong so far
with this one, apart from a good cleaning cos I think the neighbour
smoked? This one must be about 20 years old BTW; is that the lettering
of one set of controls has worn off. It works fine and I have at least
a dozen spare elements and parts from other stoves scrapped over the 30
or so years we ran a catering business! Over the years we ran the gamut
of the 'Avocado' = green, then the 'Gold' = yellow and finally white.
We even got the second generation fridge resprayed white to match and
it survives to this day (at least 25 years+).
Finally; have found the typical stand alone stove plugged into the wall
behind it, is far easier to work on and or quickly replace than units
mounted into counter tops. The parts also seem to be far more standard;
i.e. it's often possible to use a similar burner element whether it is
a plug in unit or hard wired and/or the whole stove can be pulled out,
carted out onto the front step or into the garage for later repair (or
scrapping) and another stove quickly put in place. Because of course
it's usually leading up to Christmas or some other significant period
of the year when one is most busy that the stove decides to misbehave!
Doubt if we have ever spent more than $50 on a stove repair.
Anyway best wishes to the OP while he gets 'cracking' repairing the
cook top! Also for all the various posts, opinions and advice, which
are, as usual, informative.
Thank you. Seasons Greetings to all.