The bake element is not working.
The replacement element is not working.
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The thermal fuse is open circuit, IE failed. Follow the wire from each side of the element back to the switch, there will be a small button looking metal thing fastened to the inner wall of the oven somewhere in one of those two wires. If the thermal fuse measures zero or near zero resistance, it is good. If infinite it is open circuit, replace it. If good, find a schematic and see if you have a relay in the circuit, check that. My son's oven element had corroded/carbonized the wire in the spade connector, we cut off the old one and crimped on a new one and it worked.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is built as a double box with insulation between the metal boxes. The wiring runs inside the insulation.
DeleteThe leads for the fuse go over the top, down the back and... someplace under... I don't see anything from inside the oven itself that looks like a button, so I'm going to have to tear it down even further.
Angus, I went through this same exercise with my son's oven.
ReplyDeleteThe button is damned near impossible to see, but on his oven it was in the lower left corner when looking from inside the oven below the lowest rack. It will simply look like a small shiny bump barely protruding into the cooking chamber. See if you can spot such an item.
As to the double wall, you should not have to dismantle anything beyond taking the back cover off the oven, the wires should not be between walls, they normally run outside along the back of the unit and removing the back cover will expose them. If it is electric, there may also be wiring below the burner deck which should release from clips and tilt up for access.
Look at the model number of your unit then go to the web page for one of the major appliance parts sellers, they have complete bloody dis-assembly and exploded pictures of almost every appliance for free looking, to help sell the parts. This is one of them, there are others
https://www.partselect.com/Entry.aspx?Source=GAWS&Term=Appliance+Parts&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxeWdrLPD2AIVQ1gNCh34MwioEAMYAiAAEgKnZPD_BwE
Sorry for the silly long link, google does that. Good luck. Wife is great motivator to fix these kinds of things.
As memory re-surfaces, I think the thermal fuse was held in by one screw from the INSIDE of the oven, that allowed me to move it into the oven just enought to disconnect the 2 wires, replace with new and then push it back in and re-insert screw. Ovens are built for easy service, one of the few things on the planet that are so. You can test the thermal switch without disassembly if you find the wiring diagram and follow those color coded wires back to a more reachable point.
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