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Posted by mm on February 27, 2007, 8:07 pm
I have a Kenmore electric oven and on both the bake/broil switch and
the thermostat is the word "Broil".
But isn't the broil setting on the thermostat unnecessary? Regardless
of brand? That is, the broiler heating element gets full power all
the time if the bake/broil swithc is set on broil, regardless of what
the thermostat is set to, right?
I feel stupid even asking, since I've looked at the schematic (20
years ago), done experiemnts, and nothing else really makes sense.
But I often learn things by asking, even when I don't expect to.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on February 27, 2007, 9:59 pm
>I have a Kenmore electric oven and on both the bake/broil switch and
> the thermostat is the word "Broil".
>
> But isn't the broil setting on the thermostat unnecessary? Regardless
> of brand? That is, the broiler heating element gets full power all
> the time if the bake/broil swithc is set on broil, regardless of what
> the thermostat is set to, right?
Wrong.
The Bake/Broil switch allows power to go to both elements. If you set the
thermostat to say, 250, both should go out when that temperature is reached.
Go ahead and try it.
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Posted by mm on February 27, 2007, 11:40 pm
wrote:
>
>>I have a Kenmore electric oven and on both the bake/broil switch and
>> the thermostat is the word "Broil".
>>
>> But isn't the broil setting on the thermostat unnecessary? Regardless
>> of brand? That is, the broiler heating element gets full power all
>> the time if the bake/broil swithc is set on broil, regardless of what
>> the thermostat is set to, right?
>
>Wrong.
>
>The Bake/Broil switch allows power to go to both elements. If you set the
>thermostat to say, 250, both should go out when that temperature is reached.
>Go ahead and try it.
>
Hmmm. This might account for why my broiling hasn't gone too well for
the last 23 years. When I have something to broil, and I fix up a
couple mirrors so I don't have to stare at the stove the whole time,
I'll try it and I plan to let you know.
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Posted by on February 28, 2007, 10:52 am
>
>
> >I have a Kenmore electric oven and on both the bake/broil switch and
> > the thermostat is the word "Broil".
>
> > But isn't the broil setting on the thermostat unnecessary? Regardless
> > of brand? That is, the broiler heating element gets full power all
> > the time if the bake/broil swithc is set on broil, regardless of what
> > the thermostat is set to, right?
>
> Wrong.
>
> The Bake/Broil switch allows power to go to both elements. If you set the
> thermostat to say, 250, both should go out when that temperature is reached.
> Go ahead and try it.
Every oven I've had, when in the Broil setting, power only goes to the
upper broiling element and when in the oven setting it goes to the
lower. Some have a pre-heating setting, which powers both. The
thermostat setting does affect all of the above, which is why they
typically have a broil setting on the thermostat, which essentially
sets it to max.
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Posted by on February 28, 2007, 3:30 pm
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:44:26 -0700, massello@newsguy.com (Neill
Massello) wrote:
>And some provide low power to the top element in bake mode to provide
>added browning.
True of my Whirlpool. I figured this out when the oven suddenly
started taking a very long time to get hot. The bottom element was
dead cold and the top one was hot but not red hot like it is on full
power. I suspect it is connecting line to neutral and running 1/4
power.
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