[acillatem]

Just wasted $165 on an ERC board with no change at all. The only good thing that came out of that is the buttons are much easier to push than the old board. They were never easy, and we asked the service guy about it when he was fixing something else, and he said it was normal because of the way the board attches to the control panel, and we believed him. Anyway, at least there is a positive to the new ERC board, but the oven still doesn't heat up. Now, correct me If I'm wrong(again), but all 3 elements in the oven can't go out at the same time, correct. If one goes out, the other two would still work, right?We tried bake and broil, and nothing. Does that leave only the oven temperature sensor as the only culprit or???? Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[PS Staff - Sheila]

If you have an ohm meter check the Resistance of the sensor it should be about 1000 ohms at room temperature.

[acillatem]

I'll have to stop and get one on the way home........just an inexpensive one will do, correct?

[acillatem]

I have looked very thoroughly, and there is no fuse. Up in the top control panel all around the ERC board, and in the back after removing the back cover. I even followed the thick red wire down to the pigtail, and no fuse of any kind. I'm not kidding, it's not there, unless they hid it under the cooktop on mine, and I doubt that. I went and bought an Ohm Meter today, and checked all 3 elements, and all 3 registered zero when tested, which is what I should get if working correctly, right? And I checked the oven temperature sensor, and it measured 1000 ohms resistance, which I've been told is what it should be......hopefully that was accurate information. I did find the common wire that all 3 elements share, and it is a brown wire that ends up going to a sort of tan wire that ends up at some terminal on the ERC board, and the plastic over the connector has a kind of "burned" look to it, which seems odd to me. From what I can see, it still appears solid, so I'm assuming there is still a good connection, but this could be the problem, so I have a couple pictures, to see if anyone agrees, or has an idea what is going on with this. It is linked to the 3 elements, so maybe this is the culprit. Here are the 2 pictures:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...6/DSCF1875.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...6/DSCF1874.jpg


Again, any advice greatly appreciated,and thanks in advance! I almost called the local repair place today after the new board didn't solve the problem,but I have this feeling it's something simple now. Sure hope so anyway. I don't give up easily lol.

[PS Staff - Sheila]

Have you check the voltage coming to the range?

[acillatem]

It turns out it is a fuse, in the red wire coming off the pigtail block.........it's covered in black heatshrink tubing, so I blew it off as some sort of connector. Cut the heatshrink away, and there it was........blown. Thanks for your help.