Vacillator wrote:
Hi,

It looks like my oven set control, on my 1986 vintage GE
oven, is acting up. It sometimes works (turns on the oven element)
and sometimes doesn't. Last time it worked for a while, then shut
off, that is, the heat went down, until I rotated it through all the
settings, and back to "bake", when it started working again.

I guess the connections are getting old and worn. Is there some
way to just clean it ? I notice there are websites selling the
control, but for huge sums, equaling 2 days pay of a guy making $9 an
hour, minus taxes.

The average price seems to be about $115, for this one electronic
part. Yikes.

Is there a more affordable way to obtain the part? Is it possible
to just clean the part, and reuse it ?


The part number is WB22X5122, in a GE oven circa 1986.

GE website has it as "unavailable".

Yes, I know I got a lot of years out of it, but $116 is a lot for one
electronic switch.

**Before doing anything, look for any electrolytic caps. Replace 'em. That
solves 90% of electronic oven control problems. Caps are usually rated at
125 degrees C or higher and are difficult to obtain though.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au