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Tfastle  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, November 21, 2023 9:59:51 AM(UTC)
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Tfastle

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Our Whirlpool under counter single Oven stopped working and showed no power. I tracked it down to the Thermal Switch behind the control panel and replaced that. It now works but the cooling fan does not come on (likely why the thermal switch went out).

The fan has three connectors going to it - red wire, black wire and a white wire (I assume 2 hot legs and the common). With the power on but oven not on there is no voltage to the red and black wires. When the oven is turned on I get 125 volts on the Red wire and much less on the black wire (it changes, is mostly around 2v but I think was about 26v when I first checked it with the oven on). I initially was thinking I would find 120v to each leg indicating the fan had failed and just replace it. Now I'm wondering (hoping) if it still could be the fan and only one wire (red) powers the cooling fan and the other wire is doing something else? Or, should both wires have 125v and something else is the issue and causing the black wire not to have the correct voltage.

The oven is a Whrirlpool- wos51ec0as04
The cooling fan part number is- w11245567

Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.

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Tfastle  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:18:23 PM(UTC)
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Clearly a HOT TOPIC so I thought I should give an update to all of you waiting to hear the final chapter.

As it turns out, the cooling fan on this unit is powered by the red wire, 120v. The white wire is the common (imagine that) and the black wire controls the speed of the fan and varies with the temperature. At least that is what it appears to me to be Since I had 120v to the red wire and the fan was not spinning I came to the conclusion that the fan was bad and replaced it. WhaaaaLa, I have fan spiniage.

Now, with the oven reinstalled and working like a champ, my lovely wife is quite happy - my goodness, who knows what lovely treats might await me on this wonderful Thanksgiving Eve!?

To the throngs of curious forum hoppers that stumble across my humble post,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

PS- Go Cowboys! (sorry, couldn't help myself)
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