Electric Range Cheat Sheet

Electric Range Common Failures, Bake Element, Broil Element, and Cooktop Element Resistances

This online electronics cheat-sheet contains commonly needed electrical/electronics information for Electric Ranges.

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Power Input Issues and Commons Symptoms

Missing or weak L2

• Display and electronic controls work
• 120v warmers work
• No bake or broil
• 240v cooktop burners do not work

Missing, weak, or floating Neutral

• No display or electronic controls
• Irregular voltage readings between L1 w/r to neutral and L2 w/r to neutral
• Bake and broil won’t work if using an electronic control
• Bake and broil will work if using mechanical controls
• 240v cooktop burners work

Reversed L1 and Neutral

• Display and controls work
• Bake and broil only get warm
• Cooktop burners only get warm
• Note: All 240v burners and elements will only get 120v and will only emit 1/4 of the heat per Joule’s law.

Reversed L2 and Neutral

• Display and controls likely damaged (exposed to 240v instead of 120v)
• 240v cooktop burners only get warm
• Bake and broil won’t work if powered by electronic controls
• Bake and broil will work if mechanical controls used, but will only get warm

Reversed L1 and L2

• No symptoms or issues

Element and Burner Resistances and Currents

Bake elements

• Resistance – 16 Ω – 30 Ω
• Avg Current Draw – 10 amps
• Avg Wattage – 2400 w

Broil elements

• Resistance – 15 Ω – 20 Ω
• Avg Current Draw – 14 amps
• Avg Wattage – 3300 w

120V convection bake element

• Resistance – 14 Ω – 17 Ω
• Avg Current Draw = 7.5 a
• Avg Wattage – 900 w

Cooktop coil burner – 8″

• Resistance – 26 Ω – 30 Ω
• Avg Current Draw – 9 a
• Avg Wattage – 2200 w

Cooktop coil burner – 6″

• Resistance – 37 Ω – 43 Ω
• Avg Current Draw – 6 a
• Avg Wattage – 1400 w

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