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A white freestanding electric range with a smooth black glass top stands against a tiled backsplash in a US home kitchen.

Electric
Range Repair

Coil elements or radiant elements under a smooth glass top, with an electric oven below, all running on a dedicated 240-volt circuit.

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  • 4 things that fail on it
  • 15 makes build it
  • 6 problems it shows

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Is yours
an electric?

An electric range heats the pans on top with resistance elements and the oven below with a bake element and a broil element. Older and lower-priced models use open coils that plug into a receptacle and lift out for cleaning. Most ranges sold today hide radiant elements under a smooth ceramic glass surface, where each ring glows red through the glass when it is on. Every element is switched by a control on the front or the back, either an infinite switch behind a knob or a relay on an electronic board. The whole range draws a large current through a heavy four-wire or three-wire cord on its own breaker. Electric range repair covers the elements, the switches and relays that feed them, the glass surface itself, the oven parts and the wiring that carries that much current.

A technician kneels at an open freestanding range in a US home kitchen, holding a multimeter probe against the terminals of the bake element inside the oven. What fails on an electric range

How to tell

01

There is no visible flame: the burners are metal spirals or glowing rings seen through a flat glass surface.
02

The range plugs into a large round or rectangular receptacle behind it, with a thick cord and three or four prongs.
03

Warning lights marked for a hot surface stay lit after a zone is turned off, until the glass has cooled.
04

There is no gas line or shutoff valve behind the range when it is slid forward.

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What fails
on this design.

On an electric range: a surface element, the infinite switch or a board relay, the glass surface, receptacle blocks and terminals.

The problems it shows

A surface element

Coils burn out at a thin spot and radiant elements break their ribbon wire, so one zone stays cold while the rest work normally.

The infinite switch or a board relay

The part that pulses power to a zone can stick on or stop switching, which leaves an element that runs at full heat on every setting or never heats at all.

The glass surface

A dropped jar, a pan dragged across the glass or sugar left to burn on can crack or pit the surface, and a cracked top must not be used until it is replaced.

Receptacle blocks and terminals

On coil models the socket a coil plugs into scorches over time, and on every electric range the terminal block where the cord connects can overheat if a screw works loose.

Getting at it,
and whether to.

Coils lift straight out of their receptacles, so a burned coil or socket is often a short job done from above.

What repairs cost

On the visit

  1. On a glass-top model the whole top hinges up or lifts off after a few screws, giving access to every radiant element and the limiter on each one.
  2. Knob switches and the board sit behind the rear control panel on most freestanding models and behind the front panel on slide-in and front-control models.
  3. The range is unplugged or switched off at the breaker before any panel comes off, because a 240-volt circuit stays live whether or not a zone is on.

Repair or replace

Coils, sockets, radiant elements, switches and oven elements are all modest parts, and they make up most of the work on an electric range. The glass top is the part that decides many cases: it costs a noticeable share of a new range, and on an older or lower-priced model the owner sometimes chooses to replace the whole appliance instead. On a newer range, or one that matches the kitchen, a new glass top is usually worth fitting.

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The problems
it shows.

On an electric range, most often range surface element not heating.

All problems
A freestanding electric coil range in a US home kitchen with three coils glowing orange and the fourth dark and cold under a pot of water, every knob turned on.

Range Surface Element Not Heating

6 causes, cheapest first

 A freestanding coil-top electric range in a dark US home kitchen late at night, its front right coil glowing bright orange with nothing on it while every knob points to off, a phone lying on the counter nearby. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Burner Won't Turn Off

6 causes, cheapest first

 A close view of a black glass-top electric range in a US home kitchen, a jagged crack running across one cooking zone, a heavy cast iron pan set aside on a wooden trivet on the counter. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Glass Top Cracked

5 causes, cheapest first

 A hallway electrical panel in a US home with its door open and one large double breaker flipped off, a freestanding electric range visible through the doorway in a quiet kitchen with a pot of pasta water sitting cold on it. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Keeps Tripping the Breaker

6 causes, cheapest first

 A freestanding gas range in a US home kitchen with a pot simmering on a lit front burner and the oven door open on an empty cold oven, a pan of unbaked dinner rolls waiting on the counter.

Range Oven Not Heating

7 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a slide-in electric range, a thin haze of smoke drifting up from a skillet on the glass top, a pot lid resting on the counter beside it and every knob turned to off. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Burning Smell

6 causes, cheapest first

Who builds
an electric.

15 of the makes on this site build an electric range. Each mark opens that make's own page.

All 32 brands

Electric range repair,
where we come out.

9 metros, each with its own page.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

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Questions about
electric ranges.

One element on my electric range stays cold. Do I need a new element?
Possibly, but not certainly. On a coil range, swap the cold coil into a working socket of the same size: if it heats there, the socket or the switch behind it is the problem. On a glass top, look for a visible break in the element under the glass, and if there is none the switch or relay feeding it is tested next.
An element glows red on every setting, even low. What causes that?
The switch or relay that pulses power to it has stuck closed, so the element gets full power no matter what the knob says. Turn that zone off, switch the range off at the breaker if the element keeps heating, and have the switch replaced before using the range again.
Can I keep using a glass top with a small crack?
No. A crack lets spills reach the live elements and wiring below, and the glass can split further from the heat. Switch the range off at the breaker and leave the surface alone until the top is replaced.
Why does my electric range trip the breaker?
An element shorted to its sheath, a scorched terminal block or a damaged cord can all pull more current than the circuit allows. Note whether it trips as soon as one zone or the oven is switched on, since that points straight at the part to test.
The hot surface light stays on after I turn everything off. Is that normal?
For a while, yes. The light warns that the glass is still hot and goes out once it has cooled. If it stays lit for hours with the glass cold, the sensor or the board that drives the light has failed.

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