Oven will not heat past 250

When we set the temperature - it will not heat past 250 degrees (display is digital). Have tried resetting the power but still 250 is max. The broiler works fine. I suspect if one of the elements were bad it would still heat up but take longer?

Thermostat or sensor issue perhaps?

Thank you for any help

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It could be a bad bake element Some units will hit set point with one element, others will not.
You specifically said the broil comes on but did not mention the bake so I am assuming it does not come on.
So if the broil cycles on/off during preheat and the bake does not come on then I would check the bake element.

Does the unit have an indicator as to when it is ready?
If it does and the oven comes ready then a sensor or control board could be the cause.
If it stays in pre-heat then it is probably the element or the control relay/control board for that element.

Here is a good link with basic info.
http://www.applianceaid.com/elecrange.html
If you think it is the oven sensor check out 7, 8, 20 and 21.

Thank you for responding so quickly.

The temperature display is digital.

Today I did a few tests to get you more information.

Test one - set bake temperature to 300 - it automatically dropped to 100 degrees (where it normally starts out at) and only a trickly of heat evident. After 15 minutes never rose above 100 degrees (display) and hardly any heat.

Test two - Set Broil to High. Upper element turned red and worked properly.

Test 3 - After 15 minutes - switched to bake mode and set temperature over 400 degrees and oven did not heat past that.

So in conclusion - the temperature display appears to work fine as it does register the heat fromt he broiler.

Thanks again for the advice :slight_smile:

Since the unit reads the temperature correctly the sensor is OK.
I would pull the bake element and check it with a meter.

If OK open the unit up and check the wiring from the control board to the elements.

If OK odds are that the control board is toast.

The unit does have a hi-limit thermostat but looking at the wiring diagram it should kill power to both elements.