oven heats but won't hold

Oven Repair (including Ranges and Cooktops)
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Hi, hoping you can’t help us narrow down whether we need a new sensor or element. Our oven heats up but won’t keep that temp high enough to cook food. All lights are on and it appears it’s working just fine. The broiler is working well, too. Can you recommend a part to order? Also, can you walk us through some installation instructions. We’ve never attempted to work on an oven before! Thanks, Taylor

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I thought a pro was supposed to answer your forum question and recommend a part. Did I understand that incorrectly when I called?

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Hi Taylor,

Sorry for the delay. Most of us are volunteers and sometime we can be busy doing something else.

What is the difference between temperature you set and real temperature in the oven?

Here are the breakdown diagrams and http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=216408

Gene.

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Sorry for being a little anxious. Brent told me that forum questions are answered in 24-48 hours and 5 days have passed. It’s just tough needing an oven to cook for 3 hungry boys! Anyway, the oven heats up and will cook something…it just takes quite a while and doesn’t cook things properly. For example, yesterday I cooked some corn muffins that were supposed to be done in 10 minutes at 400. It took 25 minutes and they never rose. Though they were cooked, they were not crumbly–kinda mushy. So, I’m not sure if it’s even heating up to what it says. Thanks for your help, Taylor

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Hi Taylor,

If the Bake (bottom) heating element getting red then the problem can be a bad oven sensor (253 at the Replacement parts for General Electric JTP15WA1WW Electric range | AppliancePartsPros.com or a bad oven control board.

In order to determine which part is bad you have to measure the sensor resistance at the control board plug. The normal reading should be about 15 Ohms at the room temperature.

If the reading is incorrect, replace the oven sensor.

If the reading is correct, replace the oven control board.

  • The oven sensor [part]WB23X5340[/part]

  • The oven control board [part]WB27T10272[/part]

Here are the breakdown diagrams and [URL="http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=216408)

Gene.