Top 20 Hotpoint RB757 Electric Kitchen Range Questions & Answers

90 % of Hotpoint range problems will be a loose or broken wire either at terminal block were cord hooks up. check wires from block to stove the wire running up to elements and control board also check were range plugs into wall it may be loose and not getting good return. burners will work because there is no electronics involved just a infinite switch and coil burner oven has a computer board for operation. if you do not find the problem there then change control board defective relay or computer chip

This may be a silly answer but you might try to just take out the few screws from behind the top panel where the clock is and see what's loose behind there. Unplug the stove first of course.

I don't know if this will help but I've had to replace heating elements a few times and once it didn't work after replacing the element. It turns out the short also caused one of my electrical wires connecting to the element to burn out as well. This may not be your same deal but make sure you check the wiring. You can also try using a voltage meter or tester to see if power is going to the replaced element. -hope this helps

Have you put a thermometer in the oven to make sure it is not heating. They will not always glow red if the oven is at temp.

From having a Hotpoint myself, I can think of 2 possibilities. Obvious answer would be electrical problem. If it trips the breaker you probably have a loose wire or a bad plugin socket. Did you buy a new "pigtail" plugin socket or did you use an old one when you got the stove? They say to buy a new one each time. If this is your first problem with this then your circuit can probably handle the load but see if the circuit that tripped says 30 or 40 amps. Also check to see if anything else is on that circuit besides your stove. There shouldn't be anything else on circuit. You may even have a bad circuit breaker but that seems less likely. Second possibility is a bad baking element at the bottom of stove or bad heating element on top. When mine went bad, it made loud popping noises and sparks were flying. After that, the rest of the stove worked but not the baking element. I had to replace it for about $50. My bet is on a loose wire. Be careful and unplug everything before you check! See if it's not fully plugged into the socket and see if the 3 or 4 wires coming from the thick plug wire are all tightly connected to your stove.

You should do little more homework.. Yes you can remove the burner if it's the culprit and causes a short and tripping the breakers. If still trips after you remove it you should look into replacing the harness for that burner.

Its connected to the knob that operates the burner

Replace the bake element and you should be good to go. Here is the part to order.

you must sure is the burner contacts are o.k or the receptacle is faulty see the diagram . You must clean the receptacle, and see if some wires and loose or burn, and repair or replace. However you must sure too if the switches are o.k look for some loose wires or faulty wires and repair, or the switch are faulty test with VOM continuity see the diagram.God bless you

If you disconnect it, you will loose functions to the oven so you will need to replace the clock/control board. Here is the part to order.

You will need to replace the temperature sensor in the unit. Here is the part to order.

You will need toreplace the control board on that unit. GE owns Hotpoint and all parts will come from GE the part states (gas) but it is the correct part for your unit. Here is the part to order.

may have also burned the wires going to it turn off power or unplug then open up the top and look around , if you feel cofortable with hot wires and have a tester you could removed the wires from that burner isolate them so that they don't short out on the stove then turn on the power to that burner checking the wires for voltage should have 120 + or - a few is ok , if no powe r work back from there till you do find power

Their are 3 popular bake elements for that brand a 3 look similar so it may require you removing the old one to see what exactly it is

the first one is a older style FOR SELF CLEANING OVENS it has a hinge so its easily lifted up and the wires screw onto it ITS part#WB44X5082

the seond one is very similar to the first one except its for oven that areNOT SELF CLEAN It is hinged and wires screw on its part # WB44X5099

the last one is newer style for both self and non self clean and is NOT hinged and the wires slip on and do NOT SCREW ON its part# WB44K10005


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GENE...OldTech2332

I would scrape and clean has much as you can,from the oven,then turn your self cleaning oven on.Make sure your fan is on above the stove.the oven pretty much bakes the grime off at a high temp take your racks out before turning your oven on..much bakes the grime off

Hello,

If I understood your question correctly you are trying to replace the Hotpoint Oven door and cannot understand how to do it. Since you cannot specify the model I am posting a video link which will show you how to remove and replace the hotpoint oven door for a model older like yours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSzc4Uqbbr8

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go here http://www.appliance411.com/service/date-code.php scroll to bottom of page and enter both model&serial number

Hi

This means a loose/broken wire on the oven temp sensor or the oven temp. sensor itself is bad and should be replaced. To solve this issue test the oven temp. sensor, it should read between 1080-1120 ohms, if the rating is more then that and the door appears to be closing fine then it is the control board that is bad and should be replaced. Hope this helps...please post back for further assistance.
Daniel

Hi,

If your electric oven is taking too long to heat or just not heating up right, then check out this tip that will give more detail about your problem.

Oven Problems Electric Oven is Heating Slowly or Poorly

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