On 3 Jul 2005 09:22:27 -0700 "js5895" wrote:

My stove oven's thermostat bulb broke off, I went to
a parts store and they said I cant buy just the bulb
but, I have to buy the whole part, the thermostat with
bulb. Is this true?

I think the answer is yes, you have to replace the whole thing.

I had a similar experience with an oven controller and also found that
no parts were sold, only complete assemblies. The part that broke on
mine was the little ceramic thermal relay, and the repair shop told me
that this was the part that always broke. That part alone should have
cost only $10 to replace (and that part is identical on all pre solid
state controllers) but I was still forced to buy the $70 assembly.

If you were patient and lucky you might find someone with a bad
controller and a good thermostat bulb sub-assembly, but that's an
extreme long shot.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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