Kenmore Range Model# 790.94359701

[Adirondack Bob]

Hi All, Kenmore Electric Range Model# 790.94359701 Two weeks ago went to customers house and found Terminal strip melted and shorted to chassis. Replace terminal strip, tested oven in bake, broil and top burners, everything worked fine. Customer used the oven for two weeks.Yesterday was using oven and heard a pop and sparks and now Range Clock is dark, no lights at all. The top burners work. Went there today and tested baked element to ground-o.k. , broil element to ground- o.k., temperature probe ohms o.k. and not touching ground. 246 volts to clock at L1 and L2. The thing that concerned me was that I had 246 volts at terminal strip. 123 volts at each lug to ground. Is 246 volts too high? Clock is completely dead. Thanks, Bob

[RegUS_PatOff]

check for 120v on Controller between

L1 and Neutral (pin 5 of 15)

[Adirondack Bob]

Thanks reg, the range clock was bad. With regards to the voltage, is 246 vac too high to read on terminal strip and at the clock? Maybe its a coincidence but the original complaint was a melted terminal strip. Replaced that then- range clock, then bulb in oven blew then one of the infinite switches went bad. All in the span of 2 weeks. Nothing shorted to ground that I tested. Thanks again, Bob

[RegUS_PatOff]

... .original complaint was a melted terminal strip.

.. is 246 vac too high

1) caused by loose connections,, possibly since original installation

If it was the Center Terminal (Neutral) that can ruin the Controller

2) I think it's OK

normally 240v

246 is 2.5% high

seems OK