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Anonymous Posted on Apr 20, 2014

Oven stays on full

When oven has power the lower burner stays on full

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Fred Yearian

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  • Posted on May 05, 2010

SOURCE: Bottom Burner in oven stays heated with 1/8th inch

Turn power off immediately! Replace the element.

What is happening is the calrod element has a short to the case which returns to neutral. Hence you have 120 volts across part of the element that is not the side that the oven control switches to turn that element on.

DO NOT leave this on as the element may start arcing badly and burn the inside of the oven underneath it. The large breaker will NOT protect the wiring in the stove against this problem.

If you can't DIY, turn off power and call for service.

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