The bottom element in the oven is not working at all and when the broiler element kicks in, it is not heating to the correct tempurature. My boyfriend believes that the problem is just the bottom element and I am afraid that, if the superintendent just replaces that that the oven will not get properly checked. My boyfriend does not believe me when I tell him that the broiler element can be set to a specific temperature and does not only work at full blast. Can someone please explain this in so many words; so that, he can understand that? I suspect that the problem may be the thermostat.
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Are you saying, then, that the broil element switches to bake mode after it is set to broil and the temperature lowered? I know that there are recipes that call for broiling at a lower temperature. Does that mean that I can't get it to broil at the lower temperature requested?
Its not the thermostat most of the time you can look at the element and see if its bad un less a wire is burned off behind or has come off behind the wall of the oven where the element is you can turn off the breaker to the oven off remove the two screws pull the element foward remove one of the wires to the element and check it with an ohm meter to make sure its bad and some ovens have a vari broil feature but most times they just run full bozo consult your owners manuel to see about yours if you dont have a manuel can get one here http://www.frigidaire.com/support/manuals.asp
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I would have to confirm when I get home, but I don't believe that it is a Frigidaire--I didn't find a general forum for ovens. The bottom element was taken out completely and when the broiler was turned on and the temperature lowered, it was not heating at the expected temperature. My boyfriend says that the two elements normally are turned on at the same time when it is set to bake and I have to disagree with that because from experience, if I have set the oven on bake (there are no bake or broil diagrams on the ****) and I turn the temperature down without first turning it off, the broil element kicks in and the bake element is off. (Cakes char on top when that happens, but it still completes baking in the the same time frame)
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