Repair Help Glossary
Bimetal: Two dissimilar metals joined together to form one unit with a differential expansion rating, and it will bend if there is a temperature change.
Bake Element: Lower heating element in an oven, used for baking foods.
Broil Element: Upper heating element in an oven used for broiling foods.
Calibrate: To check, adjust, or determing by comparison with a standard: calibrate a thermometer.
Cam: A rotating surface with rises and falls that opens and closes the switches in a timer.
Capillary Tube: A metering device used to control the flow of refrigerant in a sealed system. It usually consists of several feet of tubing with a small inside diameter.
Circuit: A path for electrical current to flow from the power source, to the point of use, and back to the power source.
Circuit Breaker: A safety device used to open a circuit if that circuit is overloaded.
Component: An individual mechanical or electrical part of an appliance.
Contact Points: Two movable objects, or contacts, that come together to complete a circuit; or separate to break a circuit. These contact points are usually made of silver.
Continuity: The ability of a completed circuit to conduct electricity.
Fuse: A safety device used to open a circuit if that circuit is overloaded.
Gasket: A flexible material used to seal components together; either air-tight or water-tight.
Insulation: Substance used to retard or slow the flow of heat through a substance.
Insulator: A material that does not conduct electricity. It is used to isolate current-carrying wires or components from other metal parts.
Lead: A section of electrical wiring that is attached to a component.
Ohm: A unit of measurement for electrical resistance.
Ohmmeter: A test instrument used for measuring resistance.
Relay: A magnetic switch which uses a small amount of current, in the control circuit, to operate a component needing a larger amount of current in the operating circuit. A remote switch.
Resistance: The opposition to current flow. The load in an electrical circuit.
Solenoid: A cylindrical coil of insulated wire that establishes a magnetic field in the presence of current.
Switch: A device to turn current on or of in an electrical circuit.
Temperature: A measure of heat energy, or the relative lack thereof.
Terminal: A connecting point in a circuit to which a wire would be attached to connect a component.
Terminal Block: An insulating base with binding posts to make connectionswhere sets of terminals are mounted.
Thermometer: A device used to measure temperature.
Thermostat: A device that senses temperature changes, and which usually operates a control relay.
Voltage: The difference in potential between two points; or the difference in static charges between two points.
Voltmeter: A test instrument used to measure voltage.
Vom: A test instrument used to measure voltage, resistance, and amperage. A Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter.
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Thermador ST2 - clips attaching base housing to cooktop
Tue, 13 May 2008 03:34:01 GMT
Post By: sprinter
I have a Thermador 15 inch stainless steel 2 coil electric cooktop. The cooktop is attached to the counter with four screws. The base housing, the bottom part surrounding the elements and...
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Replace ceramic class
Tue, 13 May 2008 02:55:42 GMT
Post By: threnners
Erm, I mean glass.
Thanks to a moment of unbridled stupidity (and lack of counter space) I now have a lovely hole in my ceramic cooktop and a huge crack in the glass running from one side to the...
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Lighting problem
Tue, 13 May 2008 02:28:47 GMT
Post By: benerofe
The front right burner (highest power) will not consistently light anymore. If I put another burner to "light" setting and then try to light the front right burner, it will light. Everything looks...
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Magic Chef oven temperature
Tue, 13 May 2008 01:05:09 GMT
Post By: SAS310
Oven will not heat to set temperature. If temperature is set at 350 degrees, oven will only be heated to about 250 after 30 minutes. Beep did sound to say temperature was reached. We did replace...
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Elctric Range
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:35:04 GMT
Post By: mel heimann
Oven will not continue to heat after 20 to 30 seconds and error indicator comes on My question What should the oven temperature sensor check as far as Ohms as my measures 1 ohm , I believe it...
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