Jo Ling wrote:

> Well, thank you all for your help.
>
> I've actually had my oven repaired, at the fraction of a cost of a new one.

Lucky for you. After warning my wife many times not to dump water into a hot
cast iron pan while it is sitting on the glass top of our stove, she finally
managed to break it. It still works, but it looks awful and I imagine it is
just a matter of time before it stops working. I had to get a new crisper
drawer for it a few months ago and while I was at the parts counter in the
store I asked about the cost of a new top. .... $650. I got the stove at a
scratch and dent sale, and the whole unit didn't cost much more than that.