3beltwesty
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As an owner of a similar stove; I can see no safety risks about removing the top 5 9/16 " top vent/fan section except basic duffus issues. It one cuts ones fingers on some sheet metal; you forget to cap off the old hot fan input wire and gets some sparks. Or one gets a hernia by moving a heavy stove. The unit here is only held on by about 4 to 6 sheet metal screws; the fan motor only has a hot, neutral and ground wire. The real question is does the lessor model like a J782 have a token piece of insulation.
Here with mine the biggest risk is a hernia, mine weighs over 400 Lbs. To side it out we rig up a come along.
The part about the 50 dollar stove is interesting; ours cost 1/2 what our brand new 1971 VW beetle cost. Thus on a car site one could say a mint 1971 VW beetle that costs 100 bucks used is just a 100 buck car.
What is rather interesting about this thread is that I never heard about this type stove having poor venting unless folks vist and the vent damper was set wrong.
A stove like this has a high current draw; thus a risk is in one has the input wiring too small. This can be OK if one has the lower circuit breaker to protect the wire. One just has a tripped/ blown breaker on Thanksgiving when all the oven is on at once!
Your oven has storage for pots and pans where mine has 68Lbs worth of Microwave stuff.
Here with mine the biggest risk is a hernia, mine weighs over 400 Lbs. To side it out we rig up a come along.
The part about the 50 dollar stove is interesting; ours cost 1/2 what our brand new 1971 VW beetle cost. Thus on a car site one could say a mint 1971 VW beetle that costs 100 bucks used is just a 100 buck car.
What is rather interesting about this thread is that I never heard about this type stove having poor venting unless folks vist and the vent damper was set wrong.
A stove like this has a high current draw; thus a risk is in one has the input wiring too small. This can be OK if one has the lower circuit breaker to protect the wire. One just has a tripped/ blown breaker on Thanksgiving when all the oven is on at once!
Your oven has storage for pots and pans where mine has 68Lbs worth of Microwave stuff.
