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I was wondering that too....if my open port should be a closed window and the air currents coul dbe sufficeint to disrupt a flame....then maybe my oven issues would be over....There seems to be better oven results with our warmer weather and less running of the forced air furnace in the house....and there is a large heating vent very close to the stove.....I'm going for the Mica.
<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ March 10, 2006 12:08 AM: Message edited by: lowracer ]</font>
Mark, bingo!! That is EXACTLY why we started the Chambers Convention, to capture all this good info before it drops off the 'Board.
Lowracer- Although I bought new mica for my stove, I wanted to see if I could clean the old mica. I washed it with an ammonia and soap solution and it came out fairly clean. In fact I saved the piece just in case I needed it in the future.
Is this port you are talking about the oblong hole adjacent to the hole you stick your flame in to light the oven down towards the bottom? I would like to get a piece of mica also, please let me know of any extra strips and I will gladly pay...V
<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ March 10, 2006 12:09 AM: Message edited by: lowracer ]</font>
Mark or Bill
I'm a little lost, as usual......Do you remove the mica to light the oven?? It is suppose to be attached to what part of the oven??I got down on all fours and looked & still can not figure out what you guys are talking about.
Big Bertha is a 14-B and on the bottom of the oven door is a black plate thingy 2"x2 3/4" that is original and says "light here, cook with the gas turned off". It seems it would cover the flash tubing when door is closed.
Is that the "mica" or an earlier version of it??
Sorry guys, I'm just not a tech person!! Although, I do know how to callibrate now!!
Berlyn
Berlyn,
The mica window is located below the oven door. It looks like an elongated slit that you can see on the front panel below the oven door when the oven door is closed.
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Originally posted by Gyrinophilus:
Berlyn,
The mica window is located below the oven door. It looks like an elongated slit that you can see on the front panel below the oven door when the oven door is closed.
Got it now!! I was not looking "outside of the box/oven"
Lit the oven and could see the flame with oven door closed, while down on all 4's!!
Imagine, June Cleaver doing that in her high heels, skirt and pearl necklace!!
Has anyone replaced theirs yet??
Mine is cracked and missing. Will need to be done.
Thanks!!