Made some pizza for dinner. They were just about ready so I shut the oven off and left the door shut, a minute later I smelled burning pizza and found that even though the oven controls were i fact set to off, the damn heating element was running a broil+ temps. had to kill the breaker to get it to shut off. After dinner I turned the breaker back on and sure enough, the thing came back on. Its a Kenmore smooth top electric oven.
Did some looking, there is a recall for this, but my oven is not on the recalled list so I'm out of luck...probably time to replace it...its about 8 years old.
Question I have is, is it possible to simply remove the heating elements from the oven and be able to use the cooktop safely? I figure that the element completes the circuit and without it there is no connection and no risk, but am I right or wrong?
If anyone has had this issue and not been covered by the recall, can you share what you did to resolve it? new unit? Repair?
Thanks.
Did some looking, there is a recall for this, but my oven is not on the recalled list so I'm out of luck...probably time to replace it...its about 8 years old.
Question I have is, is it possible to simply remove the heating elements from the oven and be able to use the cooktop safely? I figure that the element completes the circuit and without it there is no connection and no risk, but am I right or wrong?
If anyone has had this issue and not been covered by the recall, can you share what you did to resolve it? new unit? Repair?
Thanks.