oven taking too long to reach temp

Oven Repair (including Ranges and Cooktops)
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Last year I was having problems with my oven. It seemed to happen after I used the self cleaning on the oven. It would take a very long time for the oven to reach proper temp and sometimes I would smell gas. My husband put in a new oven ignitor but the problem still persisted. This has been going on for the last year. I would turn on the oven and it would take about 30 minutes to reach 350 degrees. This is not constant–sometimes it would take 20 minutes sometimes it could take about an hour or longer. Sometimes, I would smell gas.

Yesterday, I was using it to make supper and I turned on the oven. I knew it would take about 30 minutes to preheat the oven, so I was doing other things around the house. When I came back into the kitchen, I smelled gas and noticed that the oven read 100 degrees. I turned off the oven and turned on the broiler. The broiler worked fine. Kept the broiler on for about 10 minutes. I then turned off the broiler and turned on the oven. The temp read 242 and stayed that way for about 15 minutes. I then turned on the broiler again for 10 more minutes and then turned the oven back on and the temp read 348 and then took about 15 minutes to reach 350.

We did put in a new igniter July, 2007. We don’t know what else it could be. Any help would be appreciated.

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Most likely the problem is a bad igniter. You can test it by measuring the current drawn at the igniter using a clamp meter. Normally it suppose to be 3.2 amps or more.

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Gene.

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…You can test it by measuring the current drawn at the igniter using a clamp meter. Normally it suppose to be 3.2 amps or more…

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You have to run this test. Otherwise the igniter is still questionable even if it’s brand new. Unfortunately there are a lot of defective new parts today and the recent replacement did not help maybe because of defective part.

Gene.

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Gene–Thanks a lot for all your help. My husband put in a brand new igniter this morning and the oven works fine. Again–thank you very much.