"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 7/18/2016 8:57 AM, Cheri wrote:
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:19:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:26:12 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was in the mood for meatloaf tonight, but at 95 degrees outside I
>>>>>> did
>>>>>> not want to use the oven. Cooked it on the grill.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting that you said you didn't want to use the oven. From what
>>>>> I've been told, modern gas ovens don't heat up the room like the gas
>>>>> ovens of old did. Just an FYI: my "older than dirt" electric oven has
>>>>> never heated up the room.
>>>>
>>>> This is a gas convection oven and it does add heat to the room. The
>>>> grill worked and added no additional load to the AC. It was already
>>>> 95 degrees but comfortable inside.
>>>
>>> My electric oven is about 12 years old and it does heat up the entire
>>> house. Sometimes when the weather is just starting to turn cold, I'll
>>> use it to make something just so I don't have to turn the heat on.
>>
>> Mine is a fairly new GE wall oven and it definitely adds heat since the
>> fan blows hot air out for quite awhile afterwards.
>
> That's the cooling fan for the electronics. Mine failed once during a very
> high temperature bread baking session:-( Big bucks to repair the Bosch.
> Graham

A Bosch is pretty high end right? I imagine they're more expensive to fix? I
did buy the five year warranty on mine after a mishap the first day it was
installed. The door lock didn't work so it had to be replaced, of course
there was no charge for it, but it didn't make me feel confident for the
long term.

Cheri