This is the second stove we've owned in the thirty-plus years we've lived in this house. The burners and the oven heating elements still work - though a number of other key elements don't (the oven light, the convection fan, and one of the outlets).
To repair (for the third time)? Or to replace?
When it appeared that the burnt out oven light had been "welded" in by the heat and we'd need to replace more than the bulb, I suggested we replace the stove.
I feel bad about it - so much of it still works... But for how long?
In my parents' day, it would have been moved into the basement until it totally stopped working... There it would have gotten occasional use - if a meal were being prepared for an exceptionally large group of people, for instance...
But we rarely have large groups over...
So we (reluctantly) called a scrap metal dealer to haul it away...
Now we're waiting for a new stove to be delivered. (And for a few days, I don't mind not being able to cook!)
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