Oven Issues

Ogre · 05-05-2011, 04:55 PM

Need some help. I have a Whirlpool oven (model Rt377pxg) that is having issues. It is taking 15 minutes for the oven to get to temp, usually takes 6. Lower element comes on during bake and the upper comes on during bake. Any ideas out there???

thebayratt · 05-05-2011, 05:00 PM

Check your breaker. It should be a double pole 40amp. If one side of it is tripped it will either take a long time to heat up or not at all.
That or your elements may be on thier way out.

Ogre · 05-05-2011, 05:01 PM

thanks bro, I will check the breakers when I get home.

emopunker2004 · 05-05-2011, 05:04 PM

o noes! the mad baker thwarted by oven troubles!

justonemorestick · 05-05-2011, 07:32 PM

Also you should be able to check resistance of the elements if one is significantly different from the other then one is bad. I am assuming it is a electric I am too lazy to figure that one out. If it is gas check your orifices make sure they arnt clogged.

kelmac07 · 05-05-2011, 07:51 PM

Did the Mad Baker tear that oven up Larry?

Remo · 05-05-2011, 07:52 PM

Need to get that fixed,,,,more rum cake!!!

ArgusP2 · 05-06-2011, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justonemorestick

...check your orifices make sure they arnt clogged.

OLS · 05-06-2011, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ogre3239

thanks bro, I will check the breakers when I get home.

While bayratt COULD be right, surely, it is actually more likely to end up being the FUSE, the little
glass screw-in jobbie. It could be either, but I know when this happened to me, right at freaking
thanksgiving, haha, it was a fuse which took out one leg of the....thingie. Of course then that
begs the question, what blew the fuse. You will want to keep an observant eye out on that in the
future, see if it does anything else bizarre. Might have a bad element that blew the fuse. But fuse
or breaker first off.

taltos · 05-06-2011, 09:14 AM

I have old style double cartridge fuses for both my oven and my dryer. When one side failed on a circuit, the heat was the first thing to go. If you have the cartridge fuses, replace both of them at the same time, it is real difficult to detect the blown one.

Ogre · 05-06-2011, 10:45 AM

Its all good now guys. Took the Temp Probe in and had it tested. I was told how to adjust the temp settings and now its all good.

05-05-2011, 04:55 PM	#1
Ogre **CENSORED** Join Date: Apr 2010 First Name: Larry Location: Central Florida Posts: 12,068 Trading: (46)	Oven Issues Need some help. I have a Whirlpool oven (model Rt377pxg) that is having issues. It is taking 15 minutes for the oven to get to temp, usually takes 6. Lower element comes on during bake and the upper comes on during bake. Any ideas out there??? __________________

05-05-2011, 05:00 PM	#2
thebayratt Still Watching My Ash Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Shawn Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,326 Trading: (11)	Re: Oven Issues Check your breaker. It should be a double pole 40amp. If one side of it is tripped it will either take a long time to heat up or not at all. That or your elements may be on thier way out.

05-05-2011, 05:01 PM	#3
Ogre **CENSORED** Join Date: Apr 2010 First Name: Larry Location: Central Florida Posts: 12,068 Trading: (46)	Re: Oven Issues thanks bro, I will check the breakers when I get home. __________________

05-05-2011, 05:04 PM	#4
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Oven Issues o noes! the mad baker thwarted by oven troubles! __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-05-2011, 07:32 PM	#5
justonemorestick Kat Krap Kontanment Media Join Date: Oct 2010 First Name: Warren Location: Las Cruces Posts: 292 Trading: (13)	Re: Oven Issues Also you should be able to check resistance of the elements if one is significantly different from the other then one is bad. I am assuming it is a electric I am too lazy to figure that one out. If it is gas check your orifices make sure they arnt clogged. __________________ This message was created entirely of recycled electrons, manufactured before 1899 in an effort to prevent global de-electrification.

05-05-2011, 07:51 PM	#6
kelmac07 Resident Maduro Whore!! Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Mac Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 27,322 Trading: (218)	Re: Oven Issues Did the Mad Baker tear that oven up Larry? __________________ Dom in the MLB thread "I could probably get you to wear a Yankee hat for a Maduro!"

05-05-2011, 07:52 PM	#7
Remo C.I.A Join Date: Feb 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Palm Harbor, Florida Posts: 12,597 Trading: (122)	Re: Oven Issues Need to get that fixed,,,,more rum cake!!! __________________

05-06-2011, 09:14 AM	#10
taltos Really, really old Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Saugus, MA Posts: 2,486 Trading: (3)	Re: Oven Issues I have old style double cartridge fuses for both my oven and my dryer. When one side failed on a circuit, the heat was the first thing to go. If you have the cartridge fuses, replace both of them at the same time, it is real difficult to detect the blown one. __________________ Jimmy, some of its magic, some of its tragic, but I had a good life all the way. He Went to Paris, J. Buffett

05-06-2011, 10:45 AM	#11
Ogre **CENSORED** Join Date: Apr 2010 First Name: Larry Location: Central Florida Posts: 12,068 Trading: (46)	Re: Oven Issues Its all good now guys. Took the Temp Probe in and had it tested. I was told how to adjust the temp settings and now its all good. __________________