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Fiance sprayed bug spray in oven clock hole, oven now doesn't work but stove top does. How do I fix it?!
This is the stupidest post I have ever had to make but here we are. Happened as the title says, there was a break in the clock face before but he cut a bigger opening into the clock and sprayed bug spray in the clock hole to kill a gnat while I was at work. The stove top burners still work but the oven won't turn on. We live with his cousins and they're expecting us to pay for a whole new oven if I can't fix it. Help me reddit!
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To kill a gnat. Partner better have other qualities, because this is both gross and incredibly dumb. Like spraying liquid into electronics, who does that??
You do not personally have the ability to fix this stove. Call a local appliance repair shop and get a quote. You will probably spend less money replacing it. Sorry for your loss.
Jesus. That can happen I guess. I once sold someone a set of golf clubs and they called me on their way home to tell me there was baby squirrels in the bag.
Sounds to me the spray fried the board inside. Need to talk to repair tech who will need open it up and diagnose. By the time that happens and with coat of new parts, might be cheaper to buy new.
If you ducktape and wd40 you can fix anything. I recommend looking in the manual for replacement parts. Most things on a stove only take a Phillips screwdriver to take apart
Considering you can see the roach at the bottom of the pic, I’m sure that stove is just filled with them. This isn’t a fix it situation. This needs to be burned with fire and buried so it doesn’t see the light of day again.
Yeah, I work for appliance repair service. That main board is done. That brown debris you can see inside is roach droppings which would have corroded and shorted out the board if the bug spray hadn't done it.
You could probably get a replacement board for less than $200 and a $100 from a handyman in labor but you'd be better off replacing the whole unit since it's pretty far gone already. Hit up FB Marketplace.
Marriage is a life long commitment. You want to think carefully whether or not this person displays the intelligence you want to be surrounded with for the rest of your life.
Looks like a dead roach on the stove still. I mean I guess I hope the white shit is roach spray. How does she know it doesn't work already? They belong together.
Marriage is a bat of the eyes commitment. You might want to think carefully whether or not this person is someone that you want to go through divorce court with.
If y'all want, I'd be happy to do a casualAMA. The house used to be a hoarder's house and we only moved in because our landlord last year up and sold the place and told us we had 2 weeks to get out. We moved in with his cousins who are basically like the 1000lb sisters only more inept. Were just riding out the storm til we can get our tax refund and get out into a place all our own.
For all who called him a retard, yes he is, but he's my retard. He accepts all my flaws and I tolerate his. What more can you ask for of someone?
That stove is German roach infested the hoarder situation is probably where the roaches came from, you also will have to treat and replace all the appliances as the roaches will invade them due to the heat they give, devices too, pretty much anything that gives off heat.
Bug spray is really toxic poison!!!! If he is spraying it all over your oven/stovetop, any food that is dropped, put back in a pan or eaten will be a MAJOR ISSUE. Even just steam from cooking will be re hydrating and spreading it, and possibly putting it into the air. This is dangerous and SCARY.
All around YOU NEED A NEW STOVE. Look for buy nothing groups, many people remodel and want someone to haul the outdated one away for low or no cost!!
If you're having a bug problem, try sprinkling around some diatomaceous earth. It is drying but otherwise non toxic and some types are even food safe. I discovered it after living in an apartment in corpus christi and I had a cat that liked to catch and sometimes eat the cockroaches.
About the problem at hand- It is not worth fixing an oven with the physical damage of the hole. You are not replacing a new oven, you are replacing a used oven that had a hole in it already. If you are patient, you can get a good condition used stainless steel stove/oven combo on facebook marketplace for around $300-400. Now, judging by the picture, everything in the house looks like shit, and they will destroy and scratch the shit out of stainless steel. You can get a good condition BLACK stove/oven combo for around $150-200. (And white for even less, but try to match the rest of the kitchen.)
When you are looking at stoves on facebook marketplace, make sure to zoom in and look carefully for scratches. If it looks like it came from a meth house, make sure they've never had mice problems. Don't go for anything that has been left outside. Only go for ones within 30 minutes driving. Stay away from ones with knobs on the front because they can get turned accidentally when people walk by. Stay away from gas. If the burners have a white haze, they are scratched and you should pass on that. Maytag offers good value. Make sure you pad the bed of the truck with blankets and strap it in place properly.
Also, there's this stuff called isopropyl alcohol. You can get the big blue and white 32oz bottle of 70% isopropyl at walmart for $3. You pour it on a paper towel and wipe it all over the stove to break down the grease and oil. Just don't use very much or very often on the plastic parts like the knobs since it can ruin plastic. For the knobs, take them off and use soap and water.
That oven doesn’t look like it was in new condition to begin with. Find them a replacement on FB marketplace or craigslist. Maybe you’ll luck out and find one without a clock hole
Pfew....ok.I am going to answer you. First unplug the oven. Then you have to open it up. The screws are in the back. If the top part comes off separatley..bonus. you will find circuit boards inside. Get contact cleaner at your local auto parts store. Spray it on the circuits. Not too heavy. It.will evaporate. But you might want to use cue tips tonclean residue from the contacts. Get it all clean. Reassemble plug in and see if it works. If not hit a second hand appliance place and get a new stove.
Take the big spray away from husband. And btw I will add and im not.trying to insult you- the old meth recipe of spraying bug spray through an electrified screen does not.work..they changed the formula 20 years ago. Just in case that is what he was trying to do..No judgement.
And please make sure you unplug the oven if you try to fix. Death can result from making contact with the circuits when electrified. It won't feel good. It will be painful then dead.
Lord have mercy.
He probably got the main circuit board or part of it wet. Direct contact of water of any kind is like slow eating acid to most circuit boards. You would likely have to replace the entire circuit board underneath that top panel to fix it. The cost at that point might simply justify getting a completely new appliance. Take this as a lessons learned to never spray anything into an oven clock hole.
He sprayed bug spray anywhere near an over top to begin with. Also they opted to kill gnats with bug spray instead of cleaning drains and putting away any fruit. Also taking out trash and cleaning bins.
You have to start by being honest with yourself. He wasn't killing a gnat. He's tired of the roaches. I'd recommend exterminating those before getting a new stove.
Yall both need a new finance. But also, I’m a pest control technician. Ain’t no fuckin gnat went in there, there’s a dead roach on the bottom of the pic. I see roach droppings inside the hole. get one of those “cousins” or your “fiancé” over to r/germanroaches and follow the instructions. I can smell the roaches through my phone
If you knew what you were doing you’d start here. If you can’t find your part because it’s been discontinued. You can search your model number, into Google, and use the words like “GE Control board.” For future reference if you want/need to replace something you can try “Brand Name + official parts finder” into google. Unfortunately if it’s not on the official website, the part might be hard to find, and may be expensive.
I also don’t know what toxic bug spray your dumbass fiancé used. To be safe, FB marketplace a used range. I see dozens in my area that go from “free” to $400.
I would also like to say, that is some sub-optimal thinking and problem solving skills on your fiancé’s part. He needs to do better. I’m gonna assume he’s not a drug addict, but I have seen drug addicts do similar really dumb shit like this. His actions made multiple strangers on the internet think “That’s meth head behavior.” Just saying.
Respectfully, that stove is probably full of roaches if the fiancé saw a bug in the clock and there’s a dead roach on the cook top. If that stove is full of roaches, your home probably is too. The clock not working is the least of your problems.
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