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Thanks! You are spot on. I actually worked on it some more last night, and after checking the voltage across the terminal block realized I only had half voltage. Our home still has a fuse box, and lo and behold, one of the two fuses for the oven had gone. It's now up and running good as new.
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Since the oven control and the stove top controls are separate I would start by checking the power to the unit as all elements require the full 240 volts.
It sound like you lost half the line.
Try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times. Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker.
Check the voltage at the plug
L1 to L2 should be 240 volts
L1 to Neutral and L2 to Neutral, both should be 120 volts.
If OK
Unplug the unit and check the wires at the terminal strip in the machine to make sure none are loose or burned out
If OK
Check the power at the terminal strip.
Do this with the heater off and on.
[COLOR="Red"]Be careful as 240 volts is lethal !!![/COLOR]
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I have an amana self-cleaning range/oven ART6112WW on which the bake element arced out a few days ago. I bought a new bake element, but forgot to unplug the unit when pulling it out from the back of the oven, causing sparks to fly when the coupler touched the side of the whole through the back of the oven. This caused the female coupler on the wire to weld to male end on the bake element. I cut off the old female coupler from the wire, bought a new one, put it on, installed the element, and now the oven won't heat. The boiler and range also do not work. The clock and all lights work properly. I'm assuming I blew a fuse, but can't find where it would be located? I tested the thermal fuse, and it still passes current. Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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