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Thread Number: 72153
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
1956 GE Oven Help Needed |
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Post# 954206 , Reply# 1 8/23/2017 at 11:41 (2,438 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 Is it just the oven that is only getting warm or are the surface units also not heating fully or just getting warm? How about the broiler? Is that heating fully or only just getting warm?
The first thing to check, especially as this in a cabin, would be the electrical supply to the range. If the wiring system is older, there could be a bad cartridge fuse on the fuse block that supplies the range (take no chances - replace them both if there are cartridge fuses). Another possibility could be a bad connection - the range may be hard-wired and a connection may have come loose.
Start with that, and if this turns up nothing, it may be an internal wiring issue. | ||
| Post# 954281 , Reply# 2 8/23/2017 at 20:29 (2,437 days old) by DangerBoy (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | ||
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The stove elements all work fine. I don't know if it works on broil mode but I'll ask them to try that setting and report back. | ||
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Post# 954309 , Reply# 3 8/24/2017 at 06:42 (2,437 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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OK, if the burners are all working, that's a good sign. If the broiler is working, I'd suggest you check the element. If the broiler is also just getting warm, there's possibly an internal wiring or thermostat issue. I have a spare oven control or two, possibly also the oven element if you wind up needing one. Hopefully not!! | ||
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Post# 954316 , Reply# 4 8/24/2017 at 08:02 (2,437 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Lots of possibilities. | ||
| Post# 954930 , Reply# 6 8/27/2017 at 22:33 (2,433 days old) by DangerBoy (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | ||
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In reading tuquoisedude's comments I see that the thermostat may also be the issue. I should get one of those too so I also need a part number for that as well. I seem to recall the oven ran either hot or cold so a new thermostat may be in order no matter what. | ||
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Post# 955146 , Reply# 7 8/29/2017 at 07:11 (2,432 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Don't rule out a bad connection somewhere - it is possible that one of the 'hot' leads to the thermostat or oven control switch has come undone. On the other hand, it may have burnt off, which means there may be a bigger wiring issue...
The good thing is that the wiring of a range like this is accessible and reasonably easy to trace - you'll have to pull the range out and take off the back panel and all should be revealed.
I have a few diagrams and service bulletins for the Canadian-built GE ranges of this era but I will only be able to get to them on the weekend. Is there any way you could get a picture of the model plate (that should be somewhere on the frame around the master oven)?
The oven controls look a lot like spares I have from in ovens I have salvaged if worst comes to worst! | ||
| Post# 955519 , Reply# 9 8/31/2017 at 20:53 (2,429 days old) by DangerBoy (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | ||
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It looks like the model number is CJ405NA1. Does that sound right? | ||
| Post# 955592 , Reply# 11 9/1/2017 at 11:34 (2,429 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Absolutely.............. It's the thermostats. | ||
| Post# 955599 , Reply# 12 9/1/2017 at 12:07 (2,429 days old) by DangerBoy (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | ||
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Okay, what I've been able to determine is the thermostats are part number WB20K10184. Is that correct? I've also determined the part is NLA and there is nothing available that supersedes it. Looks like I'm searching for good used or NOS. Anybody got these or know where I can find them? | ||
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Post# 955676 , Reply# 14 9/1/2017 at 23:05 (2,428 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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It's either the thermostat or wiring. | ||
| Post# 955975 , Reply# 16 9/3/2017 at 20:07 (2,426 days old) by Xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania ) | ||
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