I just went to cook something in the oven. Set it for 400-degrees and put the timer on for 1hr 15min. Started smelling something burning at around the 1 hour mark. I thought it was just the oven needed cleaning. When I opened the door, I noticed the top oven heating element on, at what appears to be full blast, as it was glowing orange pretty brightly, the full length of the element.
I turned off the oven, waited a few minutes, but the oven element didn’t dim or turn off. I turned off the circuit breaker to stop all power other unit and the oven element dimmed and turned off. I waited 15-minutes or so and turn the breaker back on. Immediately the top oven element started to glow, across the entire length, without the oven being turned on.
Anyone please? I’ve received so much help on this forum in the past, I know someone knows what’s going on with this. I’d appreciate hearing from you. As it stands now, I have to keep the house circuit breaker off and can’t use the oven or range.
You may also need a new overlay.
I cannot tell if it is peel and stick. If it is then often they get ruined trying to remove them from the control board.
Note that it is my best guess.
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This would probably not apply to a peel and stick overlay (it it is that type) so I would try it first without the overlay on the unit and then once you confirm that the unit works apply the overlay.
The part arrived and I installed it. It’s back the way it should be, meaning, the oven heating element(s) only come on when the oven is on. I do have a concern/question. Since replacing the Oven Control Board, I have seen the bottom oven element glow RED slightly like you’d expect, however, I have not seen the top oven element glow. I just assumed the oven swapped between bottom and top elements coming on to provide more even cooking. Should I be concerned that through an entire 450-degree preheat cycle, I never saw the top element glow at all? At what point should it glow?
I’m now trying the Clean cycle. The bottom element is glowing nice and bright, however I don’t see the top one working at all. Could this be a defective Oven Control Board? I know the upper element works, as it was staying on. I’m really frustrated about this right now.
I didn’t think the Broil cycle would activate the upper oven element, but I’ll give that a try. Last night, we did attempt to cook garlic bread, something wee do all the time. The top part of the bread remained uncooked, while the bottom pieces cook like they were supposed to. I’m almost positive that something is causing the top element not to function properly. Even if it’s coming on somewhat, it’s never glowing RED, like it used to. I’m just trying to understand whether the element could have gone bad of if the OCB that I got is defective.
What should I expect to see when using the Broil setting, as it relates to the top oven element? I’ve never used that setting before. Thanks.
I just turned the broiler on high and after a couple minutes, the top oven element did glow. That’s the 1st it has done that, since replacing the OCB. Even on the Cleaning cycle, it did not come on, which I’m almost sure it did in the past.
The top element in an oven is the broil element.
This is used for browning things.
So when in a broil setting it should come on.
Note that in broil the bake (lower elemet) does not come on.
The symptom with your garlic bread does point to a problem with the broil element.
I would not assume that the broil element is OK unless of coarse it comes on during a broil cycle.
If it does come on during broil then I would say that the control board you received is bad.
If it does not come on then remove power from the unit and check the broil element with a meter. If OK then check the wires that goo to it. If OK then Again the board is probably bad.
Thanks. Like I said, the top element DOES come on during the broil cycle, but does NOT come on during a bake and/or clean cycle. I’m not real handy, so I don’t understand what I have to do to "check the boil element with a meter.
It sounds like you’re leaning towards a defective OCB that was sent to me, correct?
And thanks for getting back to us. Now when others search for a similar problem they will see what actually worked instead of just suggestions about what could be the cause.