Stove burner gets red hot
Since you do not have a thermostat control on your burners, I would suspect you may have an infinite switch (burner control), that controls that particular burner, possibly starting to go bad. The thermostat control is located on the infinite switch itself and may be cycling on and off improperly. Its hard to tell with intermittent problems, however. If in doubt, you can do a comparison between a working 8" inch burner and the one you are having problems with.
Another thing to consider with these coil type plug in burners, the receptacles under the cook top that they plug into can gradually become loose over time and cause the burners to arc. This may also cause excess current flow through the burner and will eventually cause burner coil damage and/or receptacle failure. I would troubleshoot this by, first, by unplugging the appliance and inspecting all the burner receptacles. If any show signs of burning or melting, replace them. You will need to lift the cook top to access them. Locate the screws under the bottom front edge of the cook top (open the oven door to see them) and remove them. With the screws removed, the cook top will lift up. Prop in place using the hinge supports.
NOTE: Remove the burner coils and bowls before lifting the cook top.
Replacements parts (including burner receptacles) can be purchased at pcappliancerepair.com, appliancepartspro.com, searspartsdirect.com, or repairclinic.com.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope this helps you.
My oven does not work, it beeps like every 10 seconds and is driving me. I had a repair man, "An expert" troubleshooted and he sayd the circuit card was bad, so he replaced it, and still no fix. The burners work, but none of the oven fuctions do.
Thank you for your help.
cleaned the oven last night and today the control panel won't come on or work
turned off power...did not work. Pushed cancel and cook and hold...did not work. Ran through cleaning cycle...that worked, but then lock came back on of its own accord.
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