Top oven of the double oven stopped working. Followed basic troubshooting suggestions and narrowed down to element problem. Pulled out the element and tested it with a VOM.
The element is a double coil, one inner and one outer. The inner one tests about 32ohms, and the outer tests 53 ohms.
Based on various info I saw on testing, some say one should get reading s between 15-30 ohms. Another site said 15-115 was OK. Another said any reading was OK, and if got none then it was a bad element.
OK, which of these is the correct answer ?
And what does my actual reading mean: inside is good (32) and the outside element (53) is bad ?
Thanks for any help. I located the part (AP3951315 ) on your site and will order but want to verify if I need an element based on my readings or not.
Last bit of info: when I was pulling the element, three of the four connectors cables came out of the oven wall and I could disconnect and tape them temporarily. The fourth one did not have a cable attached that I could see. I am sure it is there but must have fallen off behind the oven wall. I cannot see it due to all the insulation in the way. I will have to pull out the oven and probably open the back to see the missing cable condition.