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Anonymous Posted on Dec 06, 2009

The dual element does not hold at medium heat.

The dual element does not hold medium heat. Seems to either be off or max. Is this a normal failure mode for the switch? Do these switches fail a lot? could it be the element itself? Thanks, Bob

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