On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 7:36:36 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 7/18/2016 8:57 AM, Cheri wrote:
> >
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:19:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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

My VW has crappy Bosch electricals and parts. They like to break a lot. I'm replacing them with cheap Chinese parts. I have more confidence in them. Hopefully, your cooling fan is a cheap Chinese part replacement.