This person was arguing with multiple people about how electric is superior to gas. In an effort to prove me wrong about how electric cooktops work, they posted a wiring diagram for an oven thermostat.

Update : after their snarky reply, I looked closer at the manual they posted, and it's for a stove with gas burners. So even if they were right, that component wouldn't exist on that particular appliance. It would indeed produce a steady heat though.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago

Nobody is even addressing the green flames?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Just... Wow.

    That is an impressive amount of completely misunderstanding how stoves work.

    Said that a gas cooktop continues to cook food after the flame is shut off. You know... the flame? The source of the heat on a gas stove?

    And then he claimed professional chefs prefer electric?

    To quote Billy Madison: "...what [he] just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in [his] rambling, incoherent response [was he] even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award [him] no points, and may God have mercy on [his] soul."

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It gets even better, I just realised this, but the manual he posted was for a stove with gas burners and an electric oven.

    So even if things did work the way he claims, that component wouldn't exist on this particular appliance.

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