"moley" wrote in message
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I bought 4 more from Amana (pricy)
and they looked and were marked exactly the same as all the others I
had bought. They too became intermittant after about six months.

Don't buy from Amana. Look for a generic from an appliance repair shop.

Google for (appliance repair parts)

You may have intermittent shorts in the elements that are burning them out -
I doubt it though.