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How do you know if you have a bad heating element in a gas oven?
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Why is your breaker tripping when you turn on your oven?
The basic assumption I am making is that your oven is on its own breaker with nothing else on the circuit. If oven is sharing circuit, unplug other devices. The problem is either with your breaker, the oven itself or the wire. If you have a good clamp-on ampmeter and know how to use it you can measure the current and see how it compares to the breaker rating. Provided the breaker doesn't trip instantaneously. To isolate the problem to the oven, make sure all stove top elements are off. Start with oven temp on lowest setting. If this trips breaker immediately there is a problem with your oven heating element or elements. There may be more than one. Somehow the resistance in the element has decreased or shorted and too much current is flowing. If the breaker doesn't blow immediately, there may still be a problem with element, but as you turn up the heat more voltage is applied to the element causing more current to flow. This would rule out a dead short, but not a bad element. If a new element doesn't fix the problem it may be a faulty breaker. You could test this by swapping the breaker with a know working breaker of the same ratings from your electric panel. You should only do this if you know what you are doing, because electrocution is possible.
Why does a fuse blow when your oven is in use?
If the fuse is properly sized for the installation and the fuse holder is in good condition.... there is a short circuit, probably in the oven heater element or broiler element, where the element has gone bad. EXTREME CARE must be taken in replacement of the element or other troubleshooting that must be done..DEFER TO A QUALIFIED PERSON !!
What is wrong with your electric range if your oven will not heat up?
It is probably the element. That's the thing in your oven that turns red when you turn it on. They are a plug in and replacements can be purchase at Lowes or Home depot most places. They plug in but may have a screw or two that need replaced. a little tip.....on most ovens the broiler element on top can be plugged in to the lower element socket so you can test it to see if it comes on or not. If not something else is wrong, if so you know you have a bad element.
Why wont your fan oven heat up?
Most common problem is the heating element or the connection between the element and the wire supplying power. The wire tends to corrode and break at the connection. Also check the breaker or fuse supplying it. It is a double breaker and sometimes one of them can be bad or tripped and not the other one. The fan and light may work but it will not heat.
Why does your hot water tank go cold so quickly when no hot water has been used and it is well insulated?
lower heating element is bad or thermostat is bad
What happens if regulator goes bad on gas stove?
my regulator is starting to shut down..i have a crosley gas oven and it roars when it starts heating up is it safe to use??
What could be wrong my dryer work but it doesnt blow hot air?
One thing that could be wrong with the dryer is a bad heating element.
Is helium a good element or bad element?
There is no such thing as a good element or a bad element.
Why Side mirror not heating in VW passat?
Is it just one mirror? I would look at a possible broken wire or heating element on the mirror. If it is both, I would look at a possible bad switch since it affects both mirrors.
What could be wrong with your clothes dryer if it no longer heats but just spins and blows cool air?
Often there are two fuses for an electric dryer. One of them is for the heating element, and the other is for the motors. Check both fuses. If they both are good, the heating element might be bad, or an internal circut breaker might need to be reset.
What is one safety risk involved with a microwave oven?
Well, it could be many things. Some people say that if you use plastic in a microwave oven could be bad. Some how the plastic will get into whatever you are heating up. There is also the radiation it uses. So, it could be many different things.
Why is it not possible to prepare magnesium by heating magnesium oxide in current hydrogen?
bcos reversible combination reaction is not possible
