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Broken glass fell through oven vents inside oven

 
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NevadaCook



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:01 am    Post subject: Broken glass fell through oven vents inside oven Reply with quote

I was baking squash in a glass pan filled with hot water and covered with foil the other day. After an hour I checked the squash and noticed that the hot water had evaporated. I took some room temperature water in a saucepan and poured it in the glass pan without thinking. The glass shattered all over the oven and some pieces went down into the vents on the oven floor. I don't know how to get them out.
I would like to use the self-cleaning feature on my 16 year old Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 gas stove but am afraid of what might happen to the glass.
Any thoughts on what I should do?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

self-clean temperatures run approximately 900'F
glass melting point is about 2000'F - depending on composition.

so glass in the vent is not likely to present a problem - unless there is a fan forcing air through those vents - that could carry tiny shards out into the oven.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:40 pm    Post subject: Broken glass fell through oven vents inside oven Reply with quote

[quote="Dilbert"]self-clean temperatures run approximately 900'F
glass melting point is about 2000'F - depending on composition.

so glass in the vent is not likely to present a problem - unless there is a fan forcing air through those vents - that could carry tiny shards out into the oven.[/quote]
Well, that is a relief to know. Thanks for your response.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:53 am    Post subject: Cleaning glass from vent Reply with quote

Oddly the exact same think happened to me today, except I used hot water, knowing cold could cause the glass to shatter. Guess it needs to be boiling.

I got all the glass cleaned up except for what fell in the vents. How do I clean out the glass from the vents? Is there a way to open it up?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:06 pm    Post subject: Glass shattered in oven Reply with quote

Did anyone ever figure out how to get the
Glass out of the floor vent?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's unlikely you'll be able to take it apart. the glass is not doing any harm, but it if really bothers you, figure out a way to vacuum it out with a thin tube - or use a thin tube to suck / stick it on the end of the tube so you can fish it out through the vent slits.
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