gonzalesna 0 #1 January 14, 2007 I'm trying to figure out how to reset the damn Safety magnet on my friend's oven. (See Image) It's a type of gas safety switch. when you push the button, it trips the mechanism and shuts off the gas. The button has been pushed... I just can't figure out how to "unpush" (reset) it. This oven is pretty damn old and I cannot find a damn thing on it via various seach engines. (i.e. Yahoo! and Google, etc.) The oven is a Wedgewood Model # C100 CHR Gas Type: NAT TYPE 551 115V, 15A, 60 Cycle The Safety Switch is a Robertshaw. Part# AGS41 (See Clicky) http://www.antiquegasstoves.com/pages/parts/gas.html Site states... QuoteRobertshaw Safety Magnet used ahead of control valve Used with Robertshaw Body Fits pilot size 3/16" tubing - Flow interruption Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Blues, -GonzoSome people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkm2500 0 #2 January 14, 2007 Try pressing the button and lighting the pilot light, hold the button for approximately one minute after the pilot light has been lit. It should stay. It sounds like a thermocouple, the heat from the pilot light keeps a low voltage running through the valve. When the pilot light goes out, the voltage drops until the magnet can close the valve. That way, when the pilot light goes out, the valve closes. I am not sure, but give it a try....The primary purpose of the Armed Forces is to prepare for and to prevail in combat should the need arise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #3 January 14, 2007 No go... Didn't work... any other ideas???Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #4 January 14, 2007 My guess also - Replace the thermocouple (cheap). Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #5 January 14, 2007 call your local gas company (on Tuesday), they'll know ... mine provides a free service in that they get your appliances started in the fall after the pilot lights have been out all summer ... those guys have seen a lot of old stuff! You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #6 January 14, 2007 Flashback! Bought a house back in 1989 that had an old oven that looked very similar to your friend's. It wouldn't keep the correct temperature (varied all the time during the cooking cycle, so you -never- knew when your roast was going to be done). We had to keep an oven thermometer in it and check every few minutes to see what needed to be adjusted. Best thing we ever did was to chuck the thing and get a new oven installed. (not much help to fix your problem, but something to let you know you're not alone... ) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #7 January 14, 2007 QuoteTry pressing the button and lighting the pilot light, hold the button for approximately one minute after the pilot light has been lit. It should stay. It sounds like a thermocouple, the heat from the pilot light keeps a low voltage running through the valve. When the pilot light goes out, the voltage drops until the magnet can close the valve. That way, when the pilot light goes out, the valve closes. I am not sure, but give it a try.... Your quite right it's the thermocouple or in Spanish (un termopar) also check that the orifice of the pilotlight (forget what its called in english, spanish its a chickle) is not partially blocked an diverting the flame away from the bulb of the thermocouple Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #8 January 14, 2007 thanks for all the help... dude, what's with all the spanish????Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bloody_trauma 2 #9 January 14, 2007 take that bitch on antiques roadshowFly it like you stole it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #10 January 14, 2007 Quotethanks for all the help... dude, what's with all the spanish???? tu nombre No, I've been 16 years speaking Catalan an Spanish, the only time I speak or think in English is here an at DZ Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #11 January 15, 2007 Ya, the only spanish I speak was learned in school and at work. I grew up only speaking english. Kinda sucks because I constantly get ads in the mail in spanish. Pisses me off because they assume my primary language is english due to my last name. I usually call up the company and yell at them for the assumption.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #12 January 16, 2007 Quote Pisses me off because they assume my primary language is english due to my last name. I usually call up the company and yell at them for the assumption. ?? Typo? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #13 January 16, 2007 DOH!!!!Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #14 October 13, 2011 I seriously doubt I would have an explosives expert work on my gas oven...You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #15 October 13, 2011 Nah, it'll be fine. I'm a professional. Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 855 #16 October 13, 2011 Yet you wonder why we give you shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bertt 0 #17 October 13, 2011 An explosives expert is the only person who should work on a gas oven. Seriously, I've had to replace a couple of those limit switches over the years. Cheap if you can find the part.You don't have to outrun the bear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #18 October 14, 2011 Quote Nah, it'll be fine. I'm a professional. Right. What's the worst that could happen? How hard can it be? This is just a 5 minute job. And Hold my beer.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #19 October 14, 2011 Quote Quote Nah, it'll be fine. I'm a professional. Right. What's the worst that could happen? How hard can it be? This is just a 5 minute job. And Hold my beer. Couldn't have said it better myself.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #20 October 14, 2011 Quote Yet you wonder why we give you shit. I just figured you were tryin' to piss off my mailman, as he wondered where the hell that smell was coming from.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
