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I was at the hardware store shelling out $20 for an "infinite range
control." It is a proportioning control for an electric range burner.
It is primitive. A small 3 W heating element warms a bimetallic
leaf which moves a set of contacts, which opens the connection to the
range element and modulates the power.

I'm thinking it is stupid to keep replacing these things . . . I go
through one a year and its a hassle to change out or repair a broken
one.

If you go through one a year, then something is wrong with your range,
or the power supply in your house. Our range must be 30+ years old, and
I know for a fact that it has not needed any of these in the past 13
years, if ever.

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