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This has happened to me twice. The smoke detector is very near to the kitchen and is a pain to shut off once it starts. The oven is supposedly self cleaning, so if I try to clean it will the smoke detector start up again? How can I prevent this? Just moved into this house, so not used to this gas stove. TIA
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Turn on the exhaust fan. The oven seals quite well during the cleaning process. Follow the owners manual if you have one. If not, you should find it online.
You won't be able to open the oven door until it has cooled down. Once it is cooled down, smoke won't escape when you open the door since there won't be any smoke after its cooled.
Turn on the exhaust fan. The oven seals quite well during the cleaning process. Follow the owners manual if you have one. If not, you should find it online.
You won't be able to open the oven door until it has cooled down. Once it is cooled down, smoke won't escape when you open the door since there won't be any smoke after its cooled.
Do this at night...it's extremely hot in the kitchen when you use self clean setting.
It's pretty simple really. Remove the smoke detector and shut it in a closet or another room until the oven is finished cleaning. You just need to remember to replace it once the cleaning cycle is complete.
This has happened to me twice. The smoke detector is very near to the kitchen and is a pain to shut off once it starts. The oven is supposedly self cleaning, so if I try to clean it will the smoke detector start up again? How can I prevent this? Just moved into this house, so not used to this gas stove. TIA
We had a smoke detector right outside a second bathroom. It wasn't an issue until my niece came to live with us for a while. Every time she took a shower it inevitably went off. We moved the smoke detector. When you clean the oven on the cleaning setting it gets so hot there is no smoke even in the dirtiest of ovens, plus it locks. If; however, you are still concerned and you can turn off the smoke alarm during cleaning do so (often you just need to flip a breaker to turn off power and pull the battery). Just make sure to put the battery back and turn on the breaker again.
...and since we don't know the layout of the house that would be quite presumptuous on your part. It's possible that the OP's smoke detector location may fall under the code requirement of
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If I were encountering this problem I would do as previously mentioned- disconnect, remove battery. When the cleaning cycle is complete, reinstall.
This has happened to me twice. The smoke detector is very near to the kitchen and is a pain to shut off once it starts. The oven is supposedly self cleaning, so if I try to clean it will the smoke detector start up again? How can I prevent this? Just moved into this house, so not used to this gas stove. TIA
Simple, CLEAN the oven Yes, if you self clean, the SD will go off, but dont disconnect it.
Just clean it the old fashioned way, try scrubbing, first
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Yes, if you self clean, the SD will go off, but dont disconnect it.
