On Oct 22, 2:47*am, Tony Hwang wrote:
David Cook wrote:
In part .....................
We did a 'concept' test on a WORKING oven, and it appears
that when function-switch is set to BAKE, only the BOTTOM element
is what is supposed to get hot. And, when you switch it to BROIL,
then only the TOP element is supposed to get hot, right?

Not necessarily! Here in Canada I have seen ovens where both the top
and bottom elements come on when the oven is switched to bake to
provide a faster 'warm-up'. IIRC once the oven gets to a certain temp.
the upper element switched out and the oven continued to operate for
the rest of the cooking cycle using the bottom element.
It does sound that rather than discuss the problem to death here, some
simple trouble shooting with the back off should find the trouble in
say less than half an hour. There is often a circuit diagram inside
the metal back of many stoves that is help, especially by showing wire
colours and terminal numbers on, for example, the timer/thermostat
controls.
We used to run a catering company and quite frequently arriving at
some church hall etc. we would find the first task after unloading the
vehicle was to repair the cooking stove. This would often be on say a
Saturday evening (i.e. Outside the regular work-week) for, say, a
wedding reception. So we could actually cook the meal before serving
it! We got quite adept at fixing stoves or making them work by some
means. Or even taking some of the food to another location where we
knew the stove was working; we did this once during a total area power
failure; we cooked food at a location that happened to have propane
gas cooking and drove it about 1.5 miles through darkened streets to
where it was served by emergency lighting and candles!