On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> I think someone lowered the top while the stove was still hot, rather
> than let it cool down.  Maybe even with the burners on.
>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> The dish drainer / heat shield dingus mounted over the stove burners
>>> appears to press into three blobs of some white viscous stuff gummed
>>> onto
>>> the underside of the counter when it is not deployed. To reduce
>>> rattling?
>>>
>>> The blobs have melted or something --
>>> Ok, so my newly installed awesome drip tray bumpers are going to melt?
>>>
>>>      That is another "Miss"  or as Stephie Colbert says "A wag of the
finger"...The way the burner controls work and on my van, the low setting of
the burners..So little flame coming out that it's possible to mistakenly
turn the burners to 'Low' and think you have turned them Off.
    This came up before on the list.  But in my experience most valves,
controls, rotary switches, when you turn it Right or clockwise, it goes
on...More right, moreon! (<)  Turn it left or CCW and it goes off.  Not our
stoves.
  On my last extended camping trip I spilled my umpteenth pot of coffee
before I cut up some coat hangers and made some dorky little trivets to try
to keep it upright.  Those didn't last long and they had to be repositioned
after driving, but with my  traveling tools it was all I could manage.
Maybe this winter I will remember to fix this before I hit the road.
  Don Hanson