re: Question for OT Appliance guru's

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My friend is dealing with a issue with his GE wall oven. Oven is set on 400 degrees for 25 minutes and the oven is just now at 355 degrees. Any ideas what is wrong? Element?

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It's electric? Seems like element is coming on.. The element is either good or bad. It gets power and it's gets hot, power is cut off then it cools down.

If it were any other oven I would say it's the thermal sensor (that long thin pin looking thing protruding from the back wall) But being that it's a GE.. It's likely going to be a fault with a relay on the main control board. GE makes crappy control boards. Or i should say Chengdu makes horrible boards for GE. I would start with sensor first (remove the two 1/4 hex head screws holding senor on and gently pull to you then unplug harness, DO NOT LET HARNESS FALL INTO HOLE or you will have to take back panel off.) You want to test the sensor on Ox100 scale on your multimeter. You should not get 00000 or infinite. You should get a resistance reading. Then you want to make sure the resistance rises as you apply heat to the probe (squeeze it in your hand) and that the resistance drops as you let it cool.

If the sensor passes that test, AND the element does work, and has no signs of fatigue. Then I would look to the control board.


Though one main thing to look out for.... In pre-heat on many ovens both the top and the bottom element come on. If the top element is the only one coming on then you would replace the bake )bottom) element then.

But if it gets to 355 I would look first at the sensor, then the control board.