Oven won't heat over 100 degrees. Everything else works fine.
Solved a similar issue. Sounds like your glowbar igniter is shot and needs to be replaced. While the glowbar is glowing, it is not heating up sufficiently to release gas into the oven. The heat you feel in the oven is actually from the glowbar and not from ignited gas. Replace the glowbard. Here is what I recommended to someone else:
"Would be helpful to know brand and model. However, most gas ovens use a
glowbar mechanism that regulates the amount of gas released into the
oven. The glowbar also ignites the gas (and usually stays on all the
time the oven is on). Often, the glowbar fails to heat up sufficiently
and, as a result, doesn't allow the oven to release sufficient gas. If
this happens, you may also smell small amounts of gas in the kitchen.
The glowbar is hot enough to ignite the limited amount of gas being
released into the oven. This is probably why the oven heats up but
heats up very slowly. It's also possible that the heat being
experienced in the oven is being generated from the glowbar itself
without any gas being ignited. If this is the case however, it is
unlikely that your oven to get very hot at all.
The way to
test to see if they glowbar is failing is to test the amperage
traveling to the glowbar when the oven is on. You can do this using a
"clamp on meter" (purchased at any Home Depot or Lowes). Depending on
the particular kind of glowbar you have, it should read above a certain
amperage (in my case the reading was 2.7 amps and it should have been
between 3.2 and 3.7 amps). I ordered a new glowbar from
www.appliancepartspro.com and installed it myself (very easy). It fixed
the problem. Here is a link that explains it pretty well
(http://www.appliance411.com/faq/gas_range_ignition_systems.shtml#glow).
Hope this helps."
Hi,
The ignitor is not working right and is going bad....
have
the repair man replace the ignitor, or DIY....
Check out this tip
about your problem...
Oven not Working or Oven
not Heating
Oven
Problems Replacing the Igniter
heatman101
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