Questions & Answers for: hot spot Ovens

...broil seems to work ok. your heating element probably has a "hot-spot" in it (pitted and discolored area) and is ready to break there and can no longer pass the amt of current to heat element ...

...one of 3 problems: missing 240volts and only have 120volts(one leg out)/bad element(chk for "hot-spot") pitted and discolored-it will soon break there/or the thermocouple is bad that senses oven ...

...seems to have shorted out to the oven bottom about seven inches from the rearmost connection you have what is called a "Hot-Spot" in the element and it burned thru,now you need to replace the ...

...resistance breaks down, and if there is a weak spot or hot spot it causes the trip to operate. I'm afraid it is a question of elmination, trying different functions, until you isolate the

...hot spot in the element where it can no longer pass all the current needed for proper operation in heating(look for a discolored spot on it,it may be whitish and dimpled from heat) or secondly,it ...

...HOT-SPOT" on the element which will look like a dis colored spot and will be either bubbled up or have pock marks where its burning thru and can no longer pass sufficient current to heat the element ...

...of the ovens cavity,or your bake element could be getting a hot spot which is when it gets a discolored spot in the element and can no longer pass sufficient current to heat the oven past 250 ...

...the bake element has a hot spot on the element and can no longer pass enough current thru this spot to correctly heat to your settings a hot spot on the element will look discolored in this ...

...hot-spot" in it that can no longer pass enough current to properly heat the oven to the correct temperature setting(most elements with a hot spot will show a discolored area on the element where its ...

...heating up fully The heating element should be heating pretty uniformly over its entire length. An element that has a hot spot(s) will soon fail completely at that point. I would replace the