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Magic chef oven timer goes off at random
supabeast
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I moved into an apartment with a beat-up 1980s Magic Chef oven. The timer on this oven is constantly grinding away, making a noise that sounds like the gears were lubricated with chunks of broken glass that are slowly wearing away into sand. Every once in a while it just goes off, and I can’t figure out how to make it stop. Anybody have a suggestion?
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Unplug it?
Unless the timer runs off of something else or something...
Alternately, tell your landlord, maybe they can have it fixed/killed.
Apparently you're not the only one with this problem.
What kind of mechanical timer? I'd suspect something in the mechanism (such as a stopper cam or pin) has broken, causing the timer to constantly cycle instead of stopping. The reason it's going off is that it cycles around 360 degrees constantly. It's probable that it is possible to disable the motor driving the timer, but getting to the timer requires at least partial dissassembly of the range, and really shouldn't be attempted without having some idea of what you're doing. Also, you shouldn't really be disabling portions of appliances like that, it's really the landlord's problem.
Chances are, parts aren't available. You could try finding a place that rebuilds appliance timers (a very quick search brings up www.appliancetimers.com, which does that kind of work, but I've never used them, so can't say if they're good or bad or if they can repair that model of timer).
Generally, appliance repair would fall under the landlord's responsibility so it would probably be best to report the problem to them and get them to decide whether to have the timer repaired or the range replaced.