Repair stories from PartSelect's customers - like you. We give all our customers a chance to help out others by sharing the story of their appliance repair. You can find useful tips as well as estimates of the difficulty of the repair and how long it will take, along with any tools you may require to complete your repair.
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The infinite switch controlling one of the range top burners failed.
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Overall Rating:
Helpful
Rated By:
5 Customers
Posted By:
erik From chester springs, PA
Posted:
11/2/2007 10:10:54 PM
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Appliance Repaired:
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Amana
Range/Stove/Oven/Hood
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Age Of Appliance:
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5 - 10 years
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1 - Turned off electricity to the cook top.
2 - Removed the range top from the cutout in the counter.
3 - Removed the smooth top by removing the screws around the perimiter of the smooth top.
4 - Removed the screws securing the corner closest to the dead switch.
5 - Removed the screws holding the channel, onto which the infinite switched were attached, to the frame of the cooktop base.
6 - Removed the dead switch by removing the screws that hold it to the channel.
7 - One by one move the wires from the old switch to the new one.
8 - Reversed the process, 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1, to put the cook top back together.
All in all the part was an exact replacement and the repair went really well.
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| Level of difficulty: |
Easy |
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15 - 30 mins |
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Parts Used in this Repair
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Inifinite Switch (Now subbed to Inifinite Switch)
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The part 'Inifinite Switch' that erik From chester springs, PA used in this story is now subbed to part Inifinite Switch This surface burner infinite control switch is used for some ranges. It is a black and a metallic switch that is almost three inches long.
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