timely thread, as my oven broke down last night
the oven has an electronic touch pad control; you push the bake button, it displays baking temperature options; you choose the temp. and it turns on.
Yesterday, we'd hit the bake button, and instead of temperature options it would show the oven timer. Hit cancel, try again, same thing. Tried the convection button, same problem. The 4th or 5th try it finally worked, chose the baking temperature, oven turns on, okey dokey. I minute or two later, sparks are flying from the heating element, a big spark, I quickly turn the oven off, open the oven door, and the heating element had broken into three pieces.
Question, obviously the heating element needs to be replaced now, but was that the cause of the problem, or a result of some other electronic problem, that ultimately resulted in the heating element sparking and breaking?
Any expert (or even amateur) opinions?
If it's just the heating element, it's a cheap $40-50 fix I can do myself. If it's electronic, I imagine I need a repair guy, and an expensive part(s)
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