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williamwas
Explorer
Jun 14, 2016

Stove grates rattle

I am new to RVing. Getting use to driving my 21' Class C around before our first trip. One thing that is really bugging my wife, is the rattling noise from the stove grates. Any solutions for this?
  • Thanks everyone. Simple solutions are the best. Off to buy some pot holders. Thanks again.
  • Part of the normal 'heading out' routine is to stuff things into the items that rattle. I generally use a set of very high tech, rattle absorbing devices (rags) and put them around the coffee cups, on the stove, in the oven, etc...
  • There should be 4 rubber grommets one on each corner of the grate.
    Used to put a rubber pot holder under the grate. Till we got a wooden stove top cover.
  • We have found that a few things rattle on our stove. We do not have individual grates on each burner, we have one large grate that covers all 3 burners. We do have a cover on ours. The cover rattles and so does the entire stove top. The stove top just sits on the counter, it's not fastened down.

    snowdance's suggestion works well with individual grates. We just put a towel between the grate and the cover and that helps a lot. Not much we can do about the entire stove top from rattling or bouncing over bumps and pot holes.

    -Michael
  • j-d's avatar
    j-d
    Explorer II
    Even a towel. I believe there's an anti-rattle idea thread somewhere on RV.net

    Personally, we don't try to suppress noises that mean we're goin' campin'. Noises that mean something's wrong, yes. Pots'n'pans? Nope. They remind us we're fortunate to be on the road to relaxation and adventure.

    Only loosely related to your stove, you can notch a paint stir stick to drop behind the three burner knobs. It's easy to bump a knob and have it turn to an ON position. Paint stick prevents knobs from being pressed far enough to also turn.
  • If your stove has a cover that come down over the grates like most. Put a pot holder over each grate and then put the cover down over it. Stops both from rattling.