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Electric KitchenAid Range - 2 Burners out - 2 different fixes.

Discussion in 'The DIY Room' started by don2222, Apr 26, 2014.

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Is it worth fixing?

  1. Yes, - A new Stainless Steel Kitchen Aid Range with warming drawer is $2249.99

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  2. No - Just buy a Big Box Store Range for $400

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  1. don2222

    don2222

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    Hello

    Both front burners are out. Anyone have this problem and get it fixed? How much did it cost you?
    Elements are approx $125.00 Each!
    The left front dual burner is dead and the right front single burner, the burner LED flickers and goes out when turning knob!

    Well, time to fix!

    After removing a few screws and 1st unplugging the stove, the LF element was easy to unclip. Then the bottom clips had to be removed and screwed into the new element. Done

    The RF single element is 8", I found that this model was made with 2 different series Stainless Steel not counting the other models! In the other series the RF single element burner is 9" just to be confusing!

    Kitchen Aid Stove
    Model #s for stainless steel
    KESK901SSS000 or KESK901SSS002

    Anyways, the burner #s for our stove.
    RF single element (Coils are further apart)
    8523696

    LF Dual Element (Coils are closer together) see pics
    4453909

    So replacing the LF dual burner fixed that burner.

    However replacing the right front burner which was pretty worn did not fix the problem!
    The fact that the burner light flicked when turning the knobe indicates a poor connection! But where?

    Pulling the LF element control out and uncliping the wires made the problem quite visible!
    So I just took the brass cleaning brush I use for pellet stove auger bushings and cleaned the one very corroded spade lug on the back of the burner control! Bingo

    Put everything back and they all work!

    See pics

    Pic 1 - Range
    Pic 2 - Back of Controls
    Pic 3 - New Element Top
    Pic 4 - New Element Back
    Pic 5 - All elements
    Pic 6 - Top of RF Burner Control
    Pic 7 - Back of RF Burner Control showing corroded terminal. See Red Arrow
    Pic 8 - Cleaning Back of RF Burner Control
    Pic 9 - Light is on constant and Burner works!

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  2. don2222

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    Sometimes water or cleaning solutions get into the infinite switch burner controls and can cause a short. It looks like you got the easier fix. You saved a chunk of change in a service call.
     
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    Yes, Service calls are not cheeap these days and neither are the parts!