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bebetterinsomething OP t1_ivm7vha wrote

Reply to comment by Chr15ty in GE P-7 came with the house from the 60s - still heating well by bebetterinsomething

Wife takes care of it by turning self-cleaning feature from time to time. It works surprisingly well!

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bdubelyew t1_ivo6w15 wrote

Appliance guy here. Just FYI, self clean will be the absolute hardest thing you can do on the oven, wear and tear wise. If it’s at all possible to clean without it, it’ll last longer still. You’d be amazed the amount of calls I get before thanksgiving/Christmas because someone ran their self clean cycle a few days before and killed their oven.

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bebetterinsomething OP t1_ivoljww wrote

That makes sense, thanks for a piece of advice!

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bdubelyew t1_ivoqudr wrote

Modern ovens have steam clean - which is not as thorough much much faster. They hide the bake element under the bottom so you can put water directly there. It essentially bakes for 15-20 minutes filling the inside with steam and loosening everything to make it easier.

You can do the same by putting some water in a sheet pan and baking at 250 or so - just wipe afterwards and should be pretty easy as long as you haven’t baked on stuff.

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bebetterinsomething OP t1_ivpbe4f wrote

That's how it worked at our rental apartment but I agree with you performance was not top notch. This old GE cleans itself much better.

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WattsAGigawatt t1_ivol17m wrote

My mom never used that function because of the very high heat used to essentially bake stuff off the oven wall.

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bdubelyew t1_ivoq3dg wrote

She’s exactly correct. It isn’t uncommon for self clean to hit and maintain 600-1000 degrees. Especially bad considering the controls are always at the top and heat rises. On a unit like this, maybe a thermal fuse would blow rather than anything horrendous - but I’m not on the repair side as much. Others would likely know more regarding that.

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