Customer Questions and Answers for Probe by Frigidaire

Hello Bonnie, These sensors cause customers a lot of issues because of the connectors. The manufacturers all want to make something that can't be "retrofitted" to another manufacturers' designs. The incorrect connector definitely doesn't mean the wrong part. The manufacturers recommend to connect the sensor with ceramic wire nuts DE81-08428A. While this does complicate the sensor installation, it actually makes a much better electronic connection to the sensor than the connectors made on the sensor and harness. You see, the heat generated from the normal operation of the oven stresses the metal the connectors are made of and causes them to lose electrical continuity quite often. The wire nuts eliminate this occurrence because it is a much better contact. The thing that you won't like is that the unit will normally have to be pulled and the back wall of the unit removed in order to get a proper installation in the ceramic wire nut method. This really isn't that bad. It actually sounds worse than it is. The only thing I feel obligated to stress is discontinue the electrical power supply to the unit and wear gloves. The sheet metal on these units can be ridiculously sharp! Also please note: Do not use electrical tape on the ceramic wire nuts. You can't use regular wire nuts because they will melt from the heat generated by the oven. If you apply electrical tape, when it melts the whole house will stink from the smell of "burning plastic".