Good Afternoon -
My wife and I bought a house about a year ago which is currently about 4 years old. The appliances came with it and we are currently having issues with our oven.
The Issue
The problem with it is that it when we cook things, it mostly takes much longer to cook things, but recently it way overcooked bread. Seemingly, it’s not getting as hot as it should, but here and there is seems to get too hot. It didn’t start this overnight, but believe it’s gotten progressivly worse.
Example: My wife tried to cook a hash brown casserole for Christmas. It was supposed to be in the oven for 45 minutes, but had to stay in almost twice as long!
What I’ve Done
I turned off the breaker, removed the back 2 covers, then broke out my voltage meter. After reading an article I found, I made the following measurements. The measurements were made with the devices being measured being unplugged from the control board (EOC?).
- Temperature Sensor - 1072 Ohms
- Top Element - 18.8 Ohms (Did pass current)
- Bottom Element - 21.1 Ohms (Did pass current)
These were the only devices I really knew to test.
Adjustments Made
I read that if the temperature sensor read a specific Ohm, then to adjust the temperature of the oven by holding down a sequence of buttons. The problem is, though, that the chart was messed up so I really didn’t know how much to adjust it. Due to it seeming to be off so dramatically, I went ahead and set it to 30+ degrees F (the max I could). Still, though, that didn’t seem right to me and we haven’t tested it since so I thought I’d make a post.
Picture
Below is a picture i just took of the back of the oven with panels off. The red arrow points to the temperature sensor, orange points to where i disconnected it to measure, green to the two top element leads that I unplugged then measured, and blue to two I unplugged and measured for the bottom element.
So… given all of the above, what do you think is wrong? Is there something more that I may test or is it obvious to some of you what the issue may be?
Thanks for your help!