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Hi all new here- had an issue where our oven just failed to get hot. Did a BUNCH of research, talked to techs and they all came to conclusion that igniter was bad. Bought igniter yestrday to the tune of $50, replaced this a.m. and same thing. oh yeah broiler works and ignites just fine.
Oven now goes to 159* (before it stopped at 100* on LCD) and Im bummed and confused??!!
What next? Do I need a thermostat, a board?
This is going to get expesnive if I cant nail it down. I do have a ohmmeter if needed.
Do I need to leave the bottom of oven off to see if igniter is glowing or getting hot?
My wife wants to cook again,
thanks Doug
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Get your ohm meter, and check the resistance of the glowbar (ignitor) you just replaced. Should read between 50-150 ohms. Post results
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do I need the oven set to ON and where do I want to probe / check on the igniter? there arent really any connecters on it (just spliced new one in with the ceramic wire nuts) PS >>the NEW igniter is a (pt # AR404 on the box) hopefully this is correct? thanks, Doug
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Take off the wire nuts and disconnect the wires and take an ohm reading from the bare wire ends of the ignitor.
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That part is fine, they only make 2 kinds round and square, so if you took out a round ignitor, you replace it with a round ignitor.
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10-4 let me give u an update soon on the vlt readings
I was going to swap the known good broiler igniter(same) except there is ALOT more dismantling to do so I said scr**w it.
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ok, make sure it's an ohm reading and not a volt reading :)
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after checking further with the lower drawer pulled out, I found that the other wire conected to the gas valve (from the old connecteion at the igniter) had a tear in the sheath and caused it to short. After re-soldering and heatshrink, the oven fired right up. Apparently it had rubbed on the rearsheetmetal and torn the shething of the wire.
thanks for all the help abadfish66...
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