Basic advice for an oven bake element house fire (GE JBP24B0B4WH)

Posted by Donna Ohl on October 8, 2008, 12:47 am

The top element of my 6-year-old General Electric GE JBP24B0B4WH oven went
on electrical fire and the top bake element broke open when the fire
department put it out.
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl
I need advice since this is the first time my oven went on fire all by
itself.
The fire department said replace the oven.
Coworkers told me I can just replace the burned out top bake oven element.
Whose advice should I follow?
Can I just replace the bake element (or is the oven really kaput)?
Can anyone tell me what actually caused the fire (it wasn't food)?
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Posted by Donna Ohl on October 8, 2008, 12:54 am

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:47:47 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:
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I have a whole bunch of questions I hope you can help me answer.
Q1: What caused the whoosh sound when the GE oven fire first started?
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Q2: How does a broken oven heating element cause a fire anyway?
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Q3: Why is the GE oven heating element all blistered in the fire spot?
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Q4: Why didn't the fire go out when I turned off the oven switch?
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Q5: Should I replace the heating element or replace the oven?
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Q6: Where can I find a replacement upper bake heating element?
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Posted by PanHandler on October 8, 2008, 1:10 am

I'll let others get into your questions, but the upper element is the
"broil" element. On some ovens with a "preheat" feature the broil element
will also come on to help bring the oven to the "bake" temperature you have
set more quickly, at which time the broil element will shut off.

Posted by Wayne Boatwright on October 8, 2008, 1:17 am

On Tue 07 Oct 2008 10:10:56p, PanHandler told us...
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Some ovens, including GE IIRC, cycle the broil element while on the "bake"
setting, not just to preheat.
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Posted by PanHandler on October 8, 2008, 1:38 am

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Wasn't aware of that. My 6 month old Frigidaire doesn't.

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