Oven gives off strong chemical smell when it is turned on.

Suggest you turn off the gas supply immediately! and check for a poor connection or other cause. Do not attempt to light the pilot again until the cause of the leak has been found and repaired!

call a service tech I do suggest any other action when gas is involved

no this is not normal. you need to check the gas lines and make sure there are no leaks. the insure that all the plastic and tape has been removed,if need be set it up for service

Typically, all gas operated appliances will get a "gas smell" from time to time. What you're really smelling is the odorant (rotten egg smell) that is added into both propane and natural gas, as these gases have no smell by themselves.

The smell will vary from normal to very strong as the "receipe" for how much ordorant is added into either your propane tanks or the gas supplied to your home. Typically, when tanks start getting low, the smell is more concentrated, while with piped natural gas, the smell can be very strong at different times, based on how and when the gas company adds odorant into the main supply lines.

Usually when a gas appliance is first turned on, the smell can be rather strong, until the gas ignites. So long as your oven is lighting properly, there is nothing to worry about.

However, if you're hearing a rather loud "whoosh" sound as the oven lights, it could be that your ignitor is getting weak and might need to be replaced. If you've got a weak ignitor, it could be allowing a little bit too much gas to build up in the oven compartment before it lights, hence the reason you're smelling the gas.

You can check for a weak ignitor by simply watching the oven when you start it, if the gas lights quickly, once the ignitor is glowing brightly and you've heard the "click" of the gas valve opening (in the oven), then everything is fine.

Hope you find this Very Helpful and best regards!

can you verify the odor. Does the odor smell like burnt wire insulation or of that of burnt meat?

If this is a new range the odor is coming from the binder used to install the insulation in the range. You would need to put it through a self clean cycle of at least four hours to burn off this binder. I would suggest that you do it on a nice day when you are staying home and can open the windows as it will smell quite horrid for a while.

The smells are being pulled in through the air intake from the fridge from the chemicals they used on the floor. As the coating cures, the odor will end. As for the damage to your food and drinks? I would assume if the food tastes like the chemicals, I would avoid eatting them if you do not like the taste )

hi dr68,

The service techs at servepro fire/water damage cleanup and restoration might have a few free suggestions, they deal with smoke damage/residual odor issues every day.

Servpro Industries, Inc.
801 Industrial Boulevard
Gallatin, TN 37066

Phone: (615) 451-0200
Fax: (615) 451-0291


anaanymous

from where does the smell come?
inside the unit or from the body?

does the smell spread to food items?

i had the same prob and thought it would burn off. It didn't after a month. Read the comments and tried the plug direct into wall socket plus i washed off the tv surface several times. Now no smell. Not sure which action cured the problem but i'm now happy. It was so bad i had to leave a window open and at times i would gag from the smell.