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Ask HN: What are household items that can be repaired but people often replace?

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Re: Ask HN: What are household items that can be repaired but people often replace?

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sokoloff wrote: post #82
ChoGGi wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could I ask for some more info, I think I might be having the same issue?

Google your oven model and “hot surface igniter”. (I haven’t seen any on stove/cooktops, but usually on ovens. Stovetops seem to mostly use spark ignition.)

Thank you

Re: Ask HN: What are household items that can be repaired but people often replace?

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BostonEnginerd wrote: post #115
ChoGGi wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could I ask for some more info, I think I might be having the same issue?

In my case, it manifested as an over which would take forever to come to temperature. The gas valve won’t turn on until the hot surface igniter allows a certain amount of current through. It’s about a one hour repair on most ovens if you haven’t done it before. A ten minute job if you have.

Thank you
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