My dad has a Frigidaire Compact 30 range/oven. The range top works fine.
The oven elements only get slightly warm, regardless of the setting. We've
checked the fuse box (yes, fuses, not breakers) and they are OK. The
connections look OK too. I did shine up and tighten any questionable
looking contact points.

This may or may not be related, but the light on the switch panel, which
should come on when the oven is powered up, does not light on bake, but does
light on broil. I suspect the oven control switch itself, but I'm an AC
dummy, so.......

Any thoughts?

Unc

On Dec 5, 3:40*pm, "uncle K" wrote:
My dad has a Frigidaire Compact 30 range/oven. *The range top works fine.
The oven elements only get slightly warm, regardless of the setting. *We've
checked the fuse box (yes, fuses, not breakers) and they are OK. *The
connections look OK too. *I did shine up and tighten any questionable
looking contact points.

This may or may not be related, but the light on the switch panel, which
should come on when the oven is powered up, does not light on bake, but does
light on broil. *I suspect the oven control switch itself, but I'm an AC
dummy, so.......

Any thoughts?

Unc

Yes...post unit age & model number, number and arrangement of
elements. This will help with the formulation of possible solutions.

My guess at this point would be temp control switch since neither
bake nor broil elements seem to respond.

cheers
Bob

"uncle K" wrote in message
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My dad has a Frigidaire Compact 30 range/oven. The range top works fine.
The oven elements only get slightly warm, regardless of the setting.
We've checked the fuse box (yes, fuses, not breakers) and they are OK.
The connections look OK too. I did shine up and tighten any questionable
looking contact points.

This may or may not be related, but the light on the switch panel, which
should come on when the oven is powered up, does not light on bake, but
does light on broil. I suspect the oven control switch itself, but I'm an
AC dummy, so.......

Any thoughts?

Unc
Can you check the voltage at the element terminals when turned on? Should
show 230 volts or near that. WW

Slightly warm suggests it is getting some power. Maybe it's
getting 110 VAC to the oven instead of 220 VAC?

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"uncle K" wrote in message
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My dad has a Frigidaire Compact 30 range/oven. The range
top works fine.
The oven elements only get slightly warm, regardless of the
setting. We've
checked the fuse box (yes, fuses, not breakers) and they are
OK. The
connections look OK too. I did shine up and tighten any
questionable
looking contact points.

This may or may not be related, but the light on the switch
panel, which
should come on when the oven is powered up, does not light
on bake, but does
light on broil. I suspect the oven control switch itself,
but I'm an AC
dummy, so.......

Any thoughts?

Unc

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Slightly warm suggests it is getting some power. Maybe it's
getting 110 VAC to the oven instead of 220 VAC?

That's exactly what I was thinking, even as I cleaned up the one visible
connection which looked a little suspicious. I wanted to tear into the
switch panel a little further last night, but my dad (who is 84, a little
slow and a little stubborn, but a far better electrician than I) wanted to
wait until today. If the connections are all OK, I suppose something could
cause a break inside the oven switch. We'll try again, shortly.

Thanks,

Unc

Update: OK, I verified that we're getting two 110 feeds from the fuse box,
to the oven switch. I also verified that only 110 is showing up at the
lower element. I haven't verified it, but it is logical that the same thing
is happening to the broiler element. Short of pulling the entire drop-in
out of its nest to look for a phantom disconnected wire, this seems to be
pointing to a faulty oven switch.

Before you get carried away and pull the unit out, open up the control
compartment and check things out there. From the symptoms you describe,
it sounds to me like a wire has burned off a terminal and is touching
ground, giving you 110 volts. Since both elements are not working, I
would suspect the problem to be in the thermostat area. The elements
should each have two wires coming from the control area, and it would be
less likely that one going to each element would be bad, but then again,
anything can happen-- and of course old Murphy's law applies. Larry