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Written off real Los Angeles calls: what the symptom means, what it usually turns out to be, what you can check yourself, and the point at which it is worth having someone out. If one of these settles it without us, good.
- No Gas to the Range After a Jolt: Seismic Shutoff Valves, LAMC 94.1217 and What to Check Before You Open a Viking Written by Keiko Mabuchi If every burner and the oven lost gas at the same moment, check the seismic gas shutoff valve at the meter before anyone opens the range. LAMC 94.1217 puts one on most permitted Los Angeles remodels, it latches closed on motion, and it has to be re-armed by hand.
- Viking oven running hot: calibration, sensor or control board Written by Keiko Mabuchi An oven that bakes hotter than the dial is one of three faults, and the difference is measurable in an afternoon. How to tell a calibration offset from a drifting sensor or a failing board on a Viking oven, and what to check before you book anything.
- Viking burner clicks but will not light: reading the tick Written by Keiko Mabuchi A Viking burner that ticks without catching is telling you the ignition circuit still works. Here is what the clicking rules out, the four faults behind it in the order they turn up, and what you can safely check in a Los Angeles kitchen before calling.
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