Visitor Rating Broiler Element Wouldn't Heat Overall Rating: Excellent Rated By: 1 Customers Posted By: Ranse From Layton, UT Posted: 7/5/2007 10:55:05 AM Appliance Repaired: Hotpoint Range/Stove/Oven/Hood Age Of Appliance: 5 - 10 years The broiler uses two male slip-on connectors that attach to two wires with female connectors in the stove. When removing the broiler element, I discovered that one of the two wires was burned in half specifically where the wire crimped to the female connector. This is abnormal and raised some concern. However, I deduced that the terminal crimp from the factory must have been defective and the wire nicked or cut in order to produce enough heat at that point for the wire to burn and fail. The female crimp terminal is a special, solid right angle design that I was unable to locate locally even at an electrical wholesale distributor. A straight terminal connector was used and crimped after stripping a new section of the wire. Heat will melt solder. You must use a high quality crimp connector and tool. The connector was then very carefully angled down slightly to maintain a safe distance from the back shield of the stove to the wire when in place. The new broiler works fine. There was likely nothing wrong with the old one. Just a wiring issue. Parts Used: BROIL ELEMEN Level of difficulty: A Bit Difficult Time to do repair: More than 2 hours Pliers , Nutdriver How helpful was this repair story?

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