How do I fix the clock alarm on an old GE stove? Photo and details inside.
This is a photo of the clock and two timer dials on the oldish (but functioning) GE stove I bought from the previous tenant of my flat about five years ago. There was no manual with it and I do not know the model number.
Back then I tried to set it to the right time, and the only result was a loud alarm going off every few minutes. Somehow I managed to stop it, and since then have ignored the fact that the clock – although it runs – was not at anything like the correct time.
Today I was cleaning the kitchen, and in a moment of hubris I thought "It's silly to have this clock chronically wrong, I'll try resetting it again."
Well, now the damn alarm is going off about every 15 minutes. When it does I can stop it by twiddling the time on the clock. The alarm stops, but then a few minutes later it starts up again.
I don't care if the clock ends up dead. I do not need the timers, either. I chiefly don't want to have the alarm going off randomly all night. Help?
1. Unplug stove
2. Find wire that goes to clock/timer (1 or 2 wires)
3. Cap ends of snipped wire with wire nut or (my favorite) electrical tape
4. Relax and enjoy stove
posted by HopperFan at 7:03 PM on February 6, 2010