[PS Staff - Sheila]

Your element is faulty.

There should be about 16 ohms

[donk]

Originally Posted by PS Staff - Sheila

Your element is faulty.

There should be about 16 ohms

Sheila - Sorry, I used another meter and it measures 22 ohms. Any other ideas?

I asked a few more questions. The oven apparently was for a while, some weeks ago, maybe 150 degrees when the control was set at 350 degrees.

[donk]

Measured sensor and it is 1099 ohms. In the process, I found the sensor connector was not snapped into the wire harness connector. It was loose. Which might explain why the controlled oven temperature a few weeks ago was incorrect. ie. 150 instead of 350. But, snapping it correctly did not solve the problem. I measured pin 4 to pin 6, the sensor pins, and it measures over 1,000 ohms. The bake element still does not heat.

[donk]

But, as you say. Is the element bad? With 120V accross it why doesn' it get hot?

[donk]

This is getting worse. Now, Just to verify, I set the oven control to Broil/Low and the upper element did not get hot. It did get red hot at Broil/Hi. You can hear the relay click when setting Broil/Hi but not when setting Broil/Lo or when setting Bake 350.

[donk]

More info. With the bake element removed and the Bake control activated at any temp. We have 120 V on the red wire of the element, (wire to DBL relay), through Hi Limit switch to L2. The yellow wire, (other element wire), measures zero volts but does not have continuity to Neutral. It is open. With the bake relay energized there should be continuity to N. Cycling the Bake control shows no change in the ohm meter from the yellow wire to Neutral.

[PS Volunteer - Appguy]

Recheck element, should be around 40 ohms. Get service sheet, usually behind he bottom drawer. You might have a blown thermal fuze or a bad control. One terminal of the control will be marked L1 or L2.
Say it is L1, then measure between L2 terminal and the relay output wire labled bake. You should read 230 volts. If not replace control.

[donk]

Hi, thanks for the input. Yes, it mesured 220V.

[PS Volunteer - Appguy]

Now it is obvious you have a broken wire between bake element wire and common L1 or L2 .

[goodjohn]

Hi,

I have a similar problem. The oven only heats to about 150 degrees when the control was set higher (500). The element gets red hot but seem to turn off before it reaches the set temp. Hence the oven temp doesnt' get above 150.

Any help would be appreciated.