Magic Chef Stove Burner repair or replace?
Have an older ('98) Magic Chef Stove and the front "high speed" burner just started creating a flame from the bottom up where it shouldn't be (where red arrows point in picture). I removed the burn...
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Missionstreet wrote:
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How hot does that crimped area where it is rusted reach?
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I finally found some time to get back to this.
My probe measured an ice bath to be 36f and boiling water was 214f. Close enough.
I placed the probe at the base of my camper Suburban stove front burner. I do not know its btu
Having a pot of boiling water over the probe, the burner reached 575f
The next one surprised me. After I removed the boiling pot, I reduced the flame to see what the burner base temp would drop to. Surprisingly, It increased to 690f. I can only guess it wasn't creating enough updraft under it and/or the actual flame is closer to the burner.
Again, this is my Suburban stove. Your temps may, and probably will differ.
I hope this helps someone
