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My oven door blew up!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007.

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  1. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 663

    yeah, my family and i were eating tea and my oven door decided to blow up, was rather epic. probably the highlight of my day seeing shards of my oven door fly accross my kitchen,

    i have a photo i might upload when i can be bothered.

    i dont know how or why it would just explode like it did, anyone got any ideas?
    jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007
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  2. Rik Banned Posts: 4,987

    were you cooking a particularly hot curry???:)
    Rik, Aug 27, 2007
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  3. AlbertLionheart TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,711

    Ours did the same a few years ago - apparently the glass can stand the heat from the over but not from the grill. I think one of the kids turned the grill on and forgot it. Big bang - glass everywhere. We then found the instruction sheet which said use the grill with the door open. RTFM.
    AlbertLionheart, Aug 27, 2007
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  4. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 663

    yeah its rather odd, yeah was only the glass on the front not the actual door but still strange cause the oven or grill wasnt on, but the oven had been used about 10 minutes prior the incident
    jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007
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  5. God Of Mana TechSpot Paladin Posts: 502

    IDk, your cooking was really bad? OR it was a gas leak or the glass other side got overheated.bec cuz u had sumtin touchin the glass. OMG read the manual. And sue who ever u bought it from. =D
    God Of Mana, Aug 27, 2007
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  6. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,893   +117

    May have had something to do with whatever you did to create tea that you had to eat.
    SNGX1275, Aug 27, 2007
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  7. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 663

    haha dont think ive ever had exploding potatoes before
    jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007
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  8. AlbertLionheart TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,711

    Eggs - in the shell. Over or microwave. Kaboom! You clean the oven.
    AlbertLionheart, Aug 27, 2007
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  9. halo71 Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,290

    Ha! I was thinking the same thing! Maybe "eating" the tea was a typo?
    halo71, Aug 27, 2007
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  10. AlbertLionheart TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,711

    Not my sort of tea, chap. Besides, scones and madeira cake don't go bang like that.
    AlbertLionheart, Aug 27, 2007
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  11. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 663

    no 'eating' tea isnt a typo, maybe its just an aussie thing to call your dinner, tea. some other australian get back to me on that, cause i know all my friends say that as well
    jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007
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  12. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    Take a look at this article HERE.

    Exploding oven doors etc are far more common than one would think. You should contact the oven manufacturer asap, as this could`ve been potentially very dangerous.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Aug 27, 2007
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  13. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training Posts: 351

    Something like this happened to my relatives with their over. At 3:00 AM in the morning my aunt heard something crackling in the kitchen and when she stepped into the room the oven door shattered. The oven wasn't on and the only explanation was that the glass had had some sort of micro imperfection that had caused catastrophic failure.
    Boogityboo04, Aug 27, 2007
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  14. jtickner1 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 663

    A lot more common than i ever though haha
    jtickner1, Aug 27, 2007
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  15. TimeParadoX Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,445

    I made my old oven door explode when we got a new one, I made a firework ( I know how to make them ;) ) and just planted alot of them inside the oven in a middle of a dirt field, got behind a wall and blew it up :haha:
    TimeParadoX, Sep 3, 2007
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  16. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,407   +6

    Got any videos, TimeParadoX?
    kitty500cat, Sep 3, 2007
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  17. TimeParadoX Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,445

    I'll record a new one Kitty when this oven breaks :haha:

    [IMG]

    There, I showed what the explosion looked like :D
    TimeParadoX, Sep 3, 2007
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  18. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Sounds like thermal expansion caused some pressure in the glass, hot on top and cold on bottom part of the window.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Sep 4, 2007
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  19. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,783   +278

    Hmmmmm.........!!!!

    This is the sort of thing that normally only happens in meth labs.
    captaincranky, Sep 8, 2007
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  20. Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 10,047   +11

    maybe your cooking is terrible.
    Tedster, Sep 9, 2007
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