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Bazz61


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have a Thetford gas oven in as new conditon, the 3 gas burners on top  work fine , can light the oven  grill but wont stay on as soon as I move knob to run position , I've tried holding it in and have actually used the grill by holding the knob in  but still wont stay on.????



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The thermocouple is either faulty or has disconnected.  I had one disconnect on my cooktop on my recent trip and was just a matter of pushing it back in.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9SPkRH7AU

 

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-- Edited by TimTim on Tuesday 10th of October 2023 05:36:54 PM

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yep going now thanx , pushed the Thermo and now runs .

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smile Dont you love it when you fix something.

Good luck.



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Great video Tim Tim, thanks for sharing - Hope I never have to do it though (it would end up taking me hours instead of minutes).

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