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No power to cooktop and breaker isnt tripped

I am a electrician and was called to a family members house to run a new line to cooktop due to the fact it was tapped of of oven curcuit and kept tripping the breaker. After I ran a new cicuit and new breaker for the cooktop. I can not get it to turn on and i have the correct voltage at the junction box below the cooktop. any ideas?

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Something (burnt wire, element, etc) shorting out inside cooktop most likely.

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Maybe reason breaker kept blowing was a faulty cooktop

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SOURCE: Radiant cooktop blew a fuse?

Call the service tech it;s under warranty and, this model is notorious for this fault

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SOURCE: breaker in panel tripped and won't turn back on

You may have a short circuit to ground fault in the electric cook top. Divide and conquer. Unplug the cook top and try to reset the breaker. If the breaker resets, then you have a problem with the electric cook top. If it doesn’t, then the problem is at the electrical panel side. Either problem will require a qualified technician’s assistance. I hope this helps. Good luck.

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If I use the cooktop and oven at the same time it trips the breaker but they work if there on alone

call an electrician to check the combined current draw for all of the elements been used together
the breaker capacity should be around 5 amps more than that
he can also check for proper installation and any faults
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Why Is my cooktop tripping the breaker?

my blower switch shorted out. Could smell the plastic once removed. Liquids dripped into contacts during cleaning. Switch replacement obsolete. Found switch @ Ace. Made modifucation to panel to accept rectangular switch.

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Was using 4 burners and they all stopped working- electric burn smell in kitchen. External house breaker is not tripped

When you used all elements the power supply wire have been
gone to the maximum current absorbed so to the maximum heat. When the cook top
is new it can withstand this heat but due to long time used now you have burned
out wires and probably to junction point. So now the power supply wire is
burned and is open circuit thus not any power to the heater. The wires have
just open circuit and they don't touch each other or the metal body of the cook
top that is why you don't have the circuit breaker fuse to trip off. So now you
need to disassemble the cook top and you will very easily find the burn point
which should be melded and burned black and replace all parts that they have
been burned with new one.


Here is the link where you find the parts layout, the wiring
diagram and also order any parts you might need.


Also just for safety, avoid to use all four heater at the
same time in the future.


http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=5170741&diagram_id=28477270#d28477270

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My ge profile keeps popping and tripping the breaker everytime i turn it on

I would call in an electrician, this is something that could burn your house down
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All 4 elements suddenly won't heat--worked fine this am. Circuit breaker was tripped. Reset, now lights on knobs come on, but still no heating.

Likely a short in the junction box. Turn off the breaker and open the junction box for inspection. Problem is likely at the cooktop end of the feed from the breaker.

Check voltage at the junction. Should one side of the corcuit be dead, turn off power and call an electrician as the wiring probably has had a short due to staple or nail penetration and would be a fir hazard. Call an electrician if this is the case.
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Wont turn on

new install? or it stopped working try resetting your breaker. for electrical problems call a qualified electrician.
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Electric shock from cooktop, didn't trip breaker,

Where did you smell the smell was it from the fan switch. turn the power off and take the screw out of where the fan switch is and check the wires to the switch and the switch itself. sometimes the jennair cooktops have issues with that switch. let me know how it goes
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Jenn Air cooktop has 4 wires Black, white, red, and green and my house supplies power with 3 leads white, black , & green. How are the wires hooked up to power the unit?

Old plug: green is ground, white and blace are both hot power. New cooktop: green is ground, WHITE is COMMON, black and RED are hot power. You are going to need an electrician to run a new circuit and plug for your new cooktop.
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Radiant cooktop blew a fuse?

Call the service tech it;s under warranty and, this model is notorious for this fault
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Smeg SA435 - spark and loud sound

hi gud day,much better call an electrician to check ur main power & the outlet of ur unit.if ok i think the problem is inside the unit,open wire or have a ground inside coz of over using the item that may coz of the wire is melting.tnx
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