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Consumer reviews about Kenmore / Power Miser |
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Eddie Zee
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Dec 11, 2011
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Sears's faulty product
Ok guys,
Here is my story. I've had the Kenmore power miser 9 since 2003. It's been working fine until last week (dec. 2 of 2011). Before I took the steps to call a technician I went online to try and solve the issue by myself. I went through numerous attempts to light the ignition but had no luck. The thought of calling a technician and paying hundreds of dollars (which chances are about 98% that I will be charged based on the many customer complaints about this product and poor SEARS customer service) was out of the question. I didn't replace the thermocouple nor any other part on the product. I didn't call a technician either. What I've done was something I either would regret (and pay for) or reap the benefits. I took the advice of many customers experiencing the same problem and broke out the glass. On one hand I was afraid the thing would blow up so I kept my distance before lighting the pilot. On the other hand I took it upon myself to try anyways, and Presto! It worked! and now I saved hundreds of dollars.
P.s. This issue was solved manually and not under any troubleshooting in the manual. I cannot vouch that breaking the glass will work for everyone. Keep it in consideration that by breaking the glass it may violate your warranty if it not yet expired.
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Venice09
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Dec 11, 2011
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Sears's faulty product
Very well put Eddie! Glad to see everything worked out for the best. Goodjob on your judgement of safety issues as well.
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MikeT.
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Mar 8, 2012
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Sears's faulty product
The pilot on my powermiser 9 starting going out fairly regularly about 3 months ago. I pulled the pilot assy and noticed that there was a thermal switch in series with thermocouple. . .it immediately became the chief suspect. I soldered a wire around the device and replaced the pilot assy. . .ran it for a couple of weeks. . .the pilot never shut off. Pulled the wire bypass and re-installed the pilot assy. Pilot shut off within 24hours. Decided that the thermal switch was faulty and tried (in vain) to order just the thermal switch. The device is obsolete and could not be obtained given the number on the switch itself. . .so. . .ordered another pilot assy from a 3rd party. Things were fine for awhile (about 2 months) until we had a house full of company (of course). Pilot light started going out again. Didn't mess around this time, pulled the assy and bypassed the thermal switch. Since then the pilot has remained lit. I think that this was a knee jerk reaction from Sears to comply with a safety concern. The device probably was a cheap fix that utilized a product that did not have the proper specifications for the circuit. I do not recommend my fix. . .it definitely inhibits the safety shutdown were there an actual over-temp within the burner chamber.
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