François for Model Number Whirlpool GJP 85802 Hi, My hidden element is broken (litterally broken in 2 parts) and needs to be replaced. I had a technician to come in and he replaced it with another element but he said that there was not enough power going through so that the new element was not heating enough. He said that the broken element might have "burned" my control board and it needed to be replaced along with the element and that it was too expensive for the value of the stove (12 years). My question is how can I verify with a multimeter if the correct voltage going to the element is or not because I still have doubts on what the technician said. Thank you
Answer Hello François, Open the control panel to access the control board. With the power turned off to the unit, unplug the wire that goes to the bake element. Power the unit back up and set it to bake. Now the test meter should read 240Vac from the wire to the terminal you removed the wire from. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Monday, August 5, 2013