I have a GE Profile gas stove which has a lower electric oven where the warmer usually is.

I've noticed that it is not getting as hot as usual and takes much longer to reach a preheated temperature of greater than 375 or higher.

I've never seen whether or not these elements have a red glow in the past however, they definitely do not glow now.

I've tested the bake and broil element and they are 18 and 35 ohms respectively.

I also test the terminals and each are at 120V.

I am unable to get to the oven sensor as there is a wire that goes into the side of the oven. I was unable to remove the side panel, but could peek inside to see that the wire (has a copper like color) goes all the way up the side panel and toward the knob to turn this oven on and off. I didn't get much else after this.

Is the bake element bad at 18 ohms?
Are there other things I can check to see why it's not heating well?
Should the elements glow red in this unit?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

JGB918BEK4BB is what is shown on the unit.

I'm not sure I understand the 240VAC you're referring to.

Here's how I tested:

Removed the lower burner and with my DMM plugged it into the terminals that the burner came out of which measured 120V.

I didn't take off the upper burner but was able to get my DMM probes to test that and it came back as 120V as well.

Thanks!

This is a gas range with the main oven running on gas. There is an electric lower oven which is in place of the warming drawer. That lower oven is what I'm trying to troubleshoot.

There are two elements there, part 221 in the online manual. I took out the bake (lower) element which tested at 18 ohms and the connectors were tested at 120V.

The upper element was not removed but I was able to test it and it returned 35 ohms. The connectors for that tested at 120V.

Looking at the wiring diagram, it looks like that lower element should be 800 watts. (Not sure how this comes in to the equation.)

I wasn't able to get to the lower oven sensor per my first post.

Now I'm trying to figure out my next step. Is that bake element on its way out at 18 ohms? Or is it something else?

Also, when I turned on the oven for over 5 minutes, neither of the elements were glowing red. I can't say whether or not it did in the past when we used the lower oven successfully either.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks!

Hi.

If you are getting 120VAC across the elements they suppose to get hot.
Do you have 2 pilot lights for the drawer?Are they on?
If the lights are on then most likely you have a bad thermostat.

Simon.

Hi.

The "pilot lights" mean oven indicator lights. Should be two of them. The knob you are describing is the thermostat knob.
If the oven heats up but then quits - most likely the thermostat is bad Part number: WB20K10017