Kenmore Pro Elec. Oven Not Heating Up

[Terry Carmen]

> Tried the new board again w/ same results. 

Which same results?

 

[bldn10]

"both the upper and lower elements come on and cycle but neither gets very hot, nowhere close to red."

[Terry Carmen]

At this point, I'm not exactly sure what the complaint is. AFAIK, neither element is supposed to glow red during bake. They cycle on and off between them.

If you put a known good thermometer in the oven and set it for 350 and come back in 15 minutes, what does the thermometer say?

[bldn10]

" oven will not get over 250*" 

[bldn10]

Most of you guys are probably not on here anymore but I wanted to give an update, only 65 months later! 

I am going to have some work done on my 33 year old house to get it in marketable condition should I want to move. So I was thinking about this range, that still does not work right, and if I should replace all the Kenmore Pro appliances. The fridge has never worked right either; only the DW has been trouble-free. So I reviewed this thread and made some notes about what I have tried over the years. I have spent over $800 on parts including temp sensor, relay board, control board, lower element, etc. Just the other night I wanted to warm up some BBQ ribs and next thing I knew they were sizzling. WTF?

So I was perusing the Service Manual this afternoon and something hit me - an illustration of the oven control knobs showed them reverse of my range! Well I'll be, somehow the mode selector and temp knobs got put on wrong. When I thought I was setting the temp I was actually setting a mode. What I thought was Bake at 400* was really Conv. Roast at 275. No wonder it would not get "over 250." 

I'm not sure this fixes everything because I haven't done any testing but at least now what testing I do will be accurate and not so confounding.      

[Budget Appliance Repair]

@bldn10 Well...... That would certainly cause your problem - Glad you finally got it figured out.

[Casualcamo]

yes if the element gets hot at all its working. 

So to make sure i understand

both elements have continuity, The have voltage, and you replaced the sensor and control board? 

[Casualcamo]

Have you looked at any fans?