Stupid Designers

Don Y · 2026-08-05T01:09:59+00:00

Stove isn't heating (well, not enough).Doesn't notice that the temperature isn't increasing aftermany minutes, despite knowing that *it* has commanded heat.Switch to other oven. Same problem. Both considerably aboveambient so we know something is MAKING heat!Lots of "error codes" in the service manual... you'dthink there would be one for "I'm confused -- what I amobserving of my activities don't correlate with myexpectations...."?Or, a means of "resetting" it -- other than pullingthe breaker.You'd think the *engineer(s)* responsible for the implementationwould at least have considered such an issue! (one can makeallowances for a marketing/sales droid not understanding"sciencey stuff")

Aug 05, 2026 Last reply: 4 days ago 81 Replies

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Simon Simple 4 days ago

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You're right. The older type with a pilot light behave as above, but newer boilers relight themselves.

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Don Y 4 days ago

But, presumably, they still have some mechanism that verifies the presence of a flame. And, likely something that ignores those safeguards to give the flame time to develop?

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