Suburban SRSA3LBBE oven goes out
The pilot lights easily. The main burner lights when I set the temperature and all still seems well. However, when the oven gets to temperature everything goes out. The pilot re lights as easily as it...
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DrewE wrote:
Does it even have a thermocouple for the pilot? Not all ovens do. One common design has a teeny pilot that grows when the thermostatic valve calls for heat, and heats up a bulb for a safety valve that allows the gas to flow to the main burner. When the temperature is reached, the thermostatic valve shuts off the gas to the burner and the extra gas for the pilot and it dwindles back down to a tiny pilot (and the safety valve closes again once its bulb cools off).
I would guess that the pilot burner needs cleaning or adjusting. It sounds like it's getting blown out in the process of the main burner shutting down. Perhaps there's supposed to be a baffle or something that's out of place or has crud in the way or or something.
The parts list includes a thermocouple. That's where I got the idea it might be the problem.
