Diana T. for Model Number CRE980000ACB The oven in my Maytag electric range is about 150 degrees too cool. How do I know if the bake coil needs to be replaced or if it's something else? Should I just replace the coil and see if that solves the problem? Thank you.
Answer Hello Diana, First check the breaker by flipping it off and back on since half of the breaker can trip and only supply the unit with 120Vac instead of the required 240Vac. If this is not the issue and it has been established that 240Vac is getting to the unit, there are only three components in the circuit. The element, the high limit thermostat, and the control board. This can be pinpointed by turning off the power to the unit, pull the bake element and remove one wire from it. If the power is now turned back on and a test meter on about the 200Vac scale is used, there should be 120Vac on the wire and on the element terminal the wire was removed from. If the element side has no voltage on it, test the opposite side of the element to ground. If there is 120Vac there, the element WP74003019 is the issue. If not, either the high limit 7403P160-60, (no longer available from the manufacturer), the control 7601P224-60, (also no longer available), or the associated wiring is the source of the issue. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Tuesday, November 18, 2014