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Sylvia Else[_2_] Sylvia Else[_2_] is offline
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Default OT -- switching heating elements

On 19/06/2011 10:57 AM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
I just had to replace the bottom element in my GE oven, and discovered -- to
my great surprise -- that one side of the element is always "hot" -- that
is, it has voltage on it. I will be calling Appliance Park next week and
verbally tearing someone a new oven cavity.



Is this something you surmised by looking at the wiring, or just a
result of a meter measurement? In the latter case, it could be that the
alleged qualified electrician who installed the appliance has connected
it the wrong way wroung.

Sylvia.