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Chemical Smell From Oven
The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a
half years ago. so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. |
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On Feb 7, 6:03*pm, "Jo" wrote:
The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. *so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. *It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? *Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. If it is a fan oven, the motor that drives the fan may be on the way out (ie overheating) |
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On 07/02/2012 18:03, Jo wrote:
The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. Cookers certainly smell that way from new due to whatever they coat them with to stop them rusting in storage. Gradually gets better, but takes a lot longer than the makers imply. The only thing I can think of that would cause a chemical smell after that is burnt plastic, possibly some kind of container that has softened and welded itself to the metal. Normal oven cleaners won't touch it but the firms that come round and clean in situ use different chemicals which, in theory should work. Not expensive judging by the leaflets I get through the door. |
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On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:28:48 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote: On Feb 7, 6:03*pm, "Jo" wrote: The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. *so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. *It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? *Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. If it is a fan oven, the motor that drives the fan may be on the way out (ie overheating) Or the transformer that powers the clock doing the same. The OP doesn't say it only smells when the oven is running. If it does smell when not in use, then turn it off at the mains to see if it's electrical. While there is any doubt I recommend it is turned off whilst unattended. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Jo wrote:
The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. its either burning fat - which is pretty similar to tear gas in general effects - or a burning insulation, in which case prepare for a bit of a bang when it finally turns to conductive carbon... |
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On 07/02/2012 18:03, Jo wrote:
The oven is a Diplomat Select 920 and was here when we moved in two and a half years ago. so we have no idea how old this oven is. Last year it started emitting a weird chemical smell which is worse at times, yet not so bad at others. It's quite disturbing as i feel it almost smells 'toxic' and I don't want the food contaminated. Any ideas, other than to pay a fortune to call out an engineer who will probably tell us we need something replaced? Apart from the bulb which has gone and the awful smell the oven works fine. I could be wrong but it implies a bad connection and subsequent heating and burning of wire. A visual inspection would be easily carried out if the oven is removed from its housing. |
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On 07/02/12 18:40, stuart noble wrote:
Cookers certainly smell that way from new due to whatever they coat them with to stop them rusting in storage. Gradually gets better, but takes a lot longer than the makers imply. The only thing I can think of that would cause a chemical smell after that is burnt plastic, possibly some kind of container that has softened and welded itself to the metal. Normal oven cleaners won't touch it but the firms that come round and clean in situ use different chemicals which, in theory should work. Not expensive judging by the leaflets I get through the door. Some grouchy old sod charged SWMBO £200 quid for cleaning 2 ovens. Took 3 hours and complained about the state of them (= Normal) all the while. One as a brand new replacement on Ebay would have started at about £150. Derek |
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On Feb 7, 8:25 pm, Derek Geldard
wrote: On 07/02/12 18:40, stuart noble wrote: Cookers certainly smell that way from new due to whatever they coat them with to stop them rusting in storage. Gradually gets better, but takes a lot longer than the makers imply. The only thing I can think of that would cause a chemical smell after that is burnt plastic, possibly some kind of container that has softened and welded itself to the metal. Normal oven cleaners won't touch it but the firms that come round and clean in situ use different chemicals which, in theory should work. Not expensive judging by the leaflets I get through the door. Some grouchy old sod charged SWMBO £200 quid for cleaning 2 ovens. Took 3 hours and complained about the state of them (= Normal) all the while.. £200 for 3 hours work FFS!! psycho-murketing - shame the punter into having it done more often (more £ and easier for him) Jim K |
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Hi Ive have this happening now, same oven and scenario moved into house 2 years ago and oven was here. Now has a chemical / toxic smell coming from inside when its switched on.
What happened with yours? Not sure if it is the element that needs replacing or the motor as mentioned below? Thanks Michelle |
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On Wednesday, 6 May 2020 12:51:37 UTC+1, wrote:
Hi Ive have this happening now, same oven and scenario moved into house 2 years ago and oven was here. Now has a chemical / toxic smell coming from inside when its switched on. What happened with yours? Not sure if it is the element that needs replacing or the motor as mentioned below? Thanks Michelle burnt food residue & burning insulation/plastic smell very different. Not sure I can really put them into words. The only way to find the problem is, if it's not burnt food, to open the oven & look, after disconnecting power. NT |
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Is there some new usenet portal around. This is the second orphaned message
I've seen here today. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! wrote in message ... Hi I've have this happening now, same oven and scenario moved into house 2 years ago and oven was here. Now has a chemical / toxic smell coming from inside when it's switched on. What happened with yours? Not sure if it is the element that needs replacing or the motor as mentioned below? Thanks Michelle |
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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Is there some new usenet portal around. This is the second orphaned message I've seen here today. Brian The thread is a mixture of old posts (2012), orphan responses, and a couple new at the bottom. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/uk.d-i-y/Chemical$20Smell$20From$20Oven/uk.d-i-y/yV2ueFx__zU/SlpvLSZwPP8J The poster "Michelle" is necro-posting into the original thread, with the new message. If you're using your screen reader, it's going to be very hard to follow the sequence of events. It suggests some people still have the original thread in their newsreader from 2012, and thus they're able to reply using the original header MID values, whereas other people, the depth of their header store is such, the message is an orphan, and they're just not seeing the same thread in a sense. There's still something about the sequence that doesn't make sense. Like why we can't see this posting. This should have showed up as a response. http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=ms...idua l.net%3E Paul |
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Paul wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote: Is there some new usenet portal around. This is the second orphaned message I've seen here today. Brian The thread is a mixture of old posts (2012), orphan responses, and a couple new at the bottom. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/uk.d-i-y/Chemical$20Smell$20Fro m$20Oven/uk.d-i-y/yV2ueFx__zU/SlpvLSZwPP8J The poster "Michelle" is necro-posting into the original thread, with the new message. If you're using your screen reader, it's going to be very hard to follow the sequence of events. It suggests some people still have the original thread in their newsreader from 2012, and thus they're able to reply using the original header MID values, whereas other people, the depth of their header store is such, the message is an orphan, and they're just not seeing the same thread in a sense. There's still something about the sequence that doesn't make sense. Like why we can't see this posting. This should have showed up as a response. http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=ms...1%40mid.indivi dual.net%3E Paul It showed up here. -- Roger Hayter |
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On 06/05/2020 23:52, Roger Hayter wrote:
Paul wrote: Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote: Is there some new usenet portal around. This is the second orphaned message I've seen here today. Brian The thread is a mixture of old posts (2012), orphan responses, and a couple new at the bottom. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/uk.d-i-y/Chemical$20Smell$20Fro m$20Oven/uk.d-i-y/yV2ueFx__zU/SlpvLSZwPP8J The poster "Michelle" is necro-posting into the original thread, with the new message. If you're using your screen reader, it's going to be very hard to follow the sequence of events. It suggests some people still have the original thread in their newsreader from 2012, and thus they're able to reply using the original header MID values, whereas other people, the depth of their header store is such, the message is an orphan, and they're just not seeing the same thread in a sense. There's still something about the sequence that doesn't make sense. Like why we can't see this posting. This should have showed up as a response. http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=ms...1%40mid.indivi dual.net%3E Paul It showed up here. What did the smell of you're dead wifes pussy. -- |
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Im not sure if you resolved this issue but I have a gas stove and have the same issue. I even called my gas company as I rent and the stove is not mine. It started this weekend and I thought that maybe a tenant or landlord was spraying for bugs in another apartment, but no.m
The smell is very similar to the spray professionals use when spraying for insects like cockroaches. It smells in the kitchen and its not a gas leak as the gas company and foremen were over. Both declared the gas stove fine. The Energir inspector, from my gas company refused to take his mask off, when I suggested he stick his head in the oven and smell, as that is where the smell emanates from. He didnt want to remove his mask, even for a second, even though I told him Ive been isolating for months and am not and have not been sick So last time I cleaned my oven was about a month ago, with hot water and suds so I didnt use anything chemical. Im baffled. Any ideas? |
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Im not sure if you resolved this issue but I have a gas stove and have the same issue. I even called my gas company as I rent and the stove is not mine. It started this weekend and I thought that maybe a tenant or landlord was spraying for bugs in another apartment, but no.m The smell is very similar to the spray professionals use when spraying for insects like cockroaches. It smells in the kitchen and its not a gas leak as the gas company and foremen were over. Both declared the gas stove fine. The Energir inspector, from my gas company refused to take his mask off, when I suggested he stick his head in the oven and smell, as that is where the smell emanates from. He didnt want to remove his mask, even for a second, even though I told him Ive been isolating for months and am not and have not been sick So last time I cleaned my oven was about a month ago, with hot water and suds so I didnt use anything chemical. Im baffled. Any ideas? Dead mouse? Can give of a sweetish sickly smell. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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