"User132384" wrote in message
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| OK, I bought the new bake element. $26.95. Installed it.
|
| Tested oven and stove. Thermostat is working properly. Set oven at
350. Put
| oven thermometer in oven and got a 350 reading.
|
| Broil setting works. All 4 coils on stovetop work.
|
| Just one problem : The red light under the temp dial stays on, even after
the
| oven has cooled down.
|
| The red light does go off, but only in "bake" or "broil", when the dialed
temp
| has been reached. The light clicks on and off as usual during cooking.
|
| But after shutting down the oven, and setting the dial to "OFF", the red
| light comes back on as soon as the oven temp cools down to below the
thermostat
| setting. The temp stays low, the oven does not try to heat up again, but
the
| red light comes on anyway, and stays on forever until I shut off the
breaker,
| or cook something.
|
| I guess I can live wth this. Just have to get used to seeing that red
light
| on all the time unless cooking.

Interesting. There should be a wiring diagram on the oven somewhere. That
should give a clue as to what is keeping it on. It may be that you welded
'ON' an Aux contact on the control switch or thermostat.

| I removed the back panel and saw several wires that were "rippled" near
| their connections to their receptacles( the dials on the control panel) ,
but
| no obvious "melted wires".
|
| If the red light eventually burns out, will it affect anything else ?

Probably a neon. It'll take years to 'burn out'.

N