http://www.democraticunderground.com/115724606Oh my.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:17 PM
Getting a tax refund and THIS is what I want.
after which a photograph of a stove
What do you think?
<<<thinks it won't fit on that little tiny lilliputian boatlet she and her husband live on.
Major Nikon (9,357 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:18 PM
1. Now you're just depressing me
My oven is on the fritz again. It has a thermal fuse in the back that pops every other year or so.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:20 PM
2. Mine is 25 years old and has multiple problems.
The worst is that it doesn't have any kind of thermostat, has no window in the door and loses about 25 degrees everytime I open it.
Everything I cook these days is either overdone or underdone, as I have no accurate way to assess the temperature.
What's a thermal fuse??
In case one needs reminded, the cbayer primitive and her eccentric English husband live on a boat, about 300 square feet, fdorty-three feet long, and about seven feet wide.
When franksolich was a little lad, it used to be an "in" thing at formal dinners to have a carafe of something in the center of the table, sitting atop a metal stand with a votive candle underneath, burning so as to keep what was ever in the carafe warm.
I have no idea what they were called, but essentially, that's what the cbayer primitive's stove aboard this boatlet is like, because there's hardly any room for a stove larger than that.
Major Nikon (9,357 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:47 PM
7. There's a half dollar sized device in the back of my oven
Right before the electricity goes to the heating elements there is a thermal fuse connected in-line. If it gets too hot, it blows and has to be replaced before the oven will work again.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:58 PM
8. We have one of those on our solar panel regulator.
It failed once and started a fire.
Sounds like yours is a PITA to get to. Why does it keep blowing? Can you put one of the UPC devices on the outlet that would pop first?
Major Nikon (9,357 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 01:05 PM
9. It blows when I'm using my oven at or near the max temp
And not all the time, just every couple of years or so.
I think it's because I use my oven at high temps quite a bit and somehow the device just wears out over time and fails on the safe side. That's all I can figure.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 01:11 PM
10. Ah. Every couple of years isn't bad, I guess.
Better to have it blow than to have a fire.
When our fuse failed, it melted and started a plastic tarp on fire. We were very fortunate, because it was right next to the battery bank and it could have been a disaster. It is also fortunate that we were home and one of us has a good sense of smell.
OTOH, the clean up from fire extinguishers is one of the more challenging things I have had to do.
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elleng (39,281 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:26 PM
3. I think you are very fortunate, and hope you get what you want; I have to PAY CASH MONEY to the tax collectors!
<<<has the ambition to reach the same post-count as the elleng primitive.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:31 PM
6. As much as I know that my refund has been my money all along, it always feels like a gift.
I would rather just break even, but given the choice between a refund and having to write a check, I'll take the refund.
Sorry it didn't work out for you.
elleng (39,281 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 03:49 PM
16. Right, it IS our money ALL ALONG!
Must adjust my 'withholdings' for next year.
(Also did receive some from Dad's IRA, which is now taxable to me and brother, but did 'gain' some there. Really not shedding too many tears over my tax situation, but remembering Dad.)
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Glassunion (5,038 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:27 PM
4. LP or Diesel?
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:29 PM
5. LP. We carry two medium sized tanks that will last us up to three months in the summer (less in winter because we also use them for heat).
Importantly, it is gimbaled.
And, as with anything one might need or want on a boat, it is expensive.
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LancetChick (207 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 03:48 PM
15. I took the plunge a couple of years ago.
I had a range that was essentially a lemon and was SUCH a headache. Finally, when the oven conked out I decided to get the range of my dreams, which was too expensive, of course, and I LOVE it. Love, love, love it. I trust it not to set the surroundings on fire, I use it a lot, and I'm grateful for it, so it was the right thing to do, despite the cost. Sometimes you don't realize how bad you have it until you replace the offender.
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 04:08 PM
17. I know I am going to love this.
I absolutely love to cook and the frustration of never knowing when my oven has reached the right temperature or whether it is maintaining any particular temperature is driving me nuts.
Plus my burners are either too high or go out and are completely uneven.
The added perk of having igniters to light and not having to search for a long lighter is just icing on the cake.
I believe in good tools if you want to do a job correctly and with much more joy. I am going for it (Fortunately DH has given seal of approval).
Stinky The Clown (50,852 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 07:53 PM
25. Is that single or double gimballed?
cbayer (119,737 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 07:56 PM
26. If you mean, does it swing side to side as well as front to back, it swings front to back. That keeps the surface flat when we are underway.
