[Electronics-Talk] gas stoves

Tue Nov 8 04:43:52 UTC 2016

Brad,
Thank you so much for this indepth information! I have a much better idea of
what to look for now.

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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] gas stoves

Drew and list:

First to Jim's question, in the UK it's a "cooker" here in the States it's a
stove or range. I noticed that Consumer Reports uses the terms electric
range and gas range. To my mind by either name it's a free-standing
appliance, 30 inches wide. It most often fills an opening between kitchen
cabinets. A range includes a cook surface and an oven.

Less common are slide-in's and drop-in's these designs are surrounded, in
some part, by counter tops and cabinetry. They have all controls on the
front, because their design does not include the upright control panel found
on ranges.

Since you are looking for a gas range, the issue of burner controls is
rather simple, and works in your favor. Most all gas ranges use conventional
turn knobs located on the front of the appliance. Orienting yourself to the
burners is straight forward.

As for controls of the oven, you will be looking for something which you can
plan to mark, unless you can find oven controls which have some tactile
indication on them. I do not know of any of this kind.

To operate your oven, typically you will touch a relatively small control
region on the glassy surface of the control panel for Bake, or Broil. Then
the temperature is displayed. Repeatedly touching An up and down region
moves the temperature by 5 degree increments allowing you to set the
temperature and lastly an OK or "bake" control starts the unit preheating.

you are going to want to make sure that when you turn the oven off, and then
on again, it always returns to the same temperature setting, this is often
350 degrees.

You should also be able to touch  "clear" or "cancel" to begin again if you
loose track of counting up or down beeps etc.

Brands and models can differ significantly in the layout and complexity 
of the touch regions. For instance rows of digits used to set 
temperatures and advanced program settings. In my experience avoiding 
this level of complexity is advisable both from the perspective of 
marking the oven controls as well as recalling complex control sequences.

An alternative, which I use personally, is to create a plexiglass 
template with cutouts corresponding to the various touch regions. When 
using my template, I simply hold it against the rectangular control 
panel and set the oven. I can keep the controls clean and I don't have 
to be concerned about replacing bumps or other adhesive labels which can 
come off.

You should have the sales person connect the gas range to 110 electric 
service. This will power the controls and let you know exactly how they 
operate. I always take my trusty 50 foot extension cord when visiting 
the appliance store.

Note, the Independence Market has 5 different sizes and shapes of bumps 
which you can use to mark your appliance. Brenda did a wonderful job of 
describing them all to me last week when I called on behalf of one of 
our Chapter members.

Before placing your control markers make sure that there is no 
protective film on the smooth control surface

Hope this is helpful.

Brad

On 11/7/2016 6:02 PM, Jim Barbour via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> If you're talking about stoves, and not ranges that include electric
ovens, what do you worry about being accessible?
>
> Jim
>
>
> Written While on the Move
>
>> On Nov 7, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I'm looking for some reccomendations on any particular gas ranges that
>> people have really liked or else what to look for when investigating the
>> different models. I am totally blind so want something accessible
obviously!
>> Thanks so much
>>
>> Drew Hunthausen
>>
>>
>>
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