The broiler power (3400 W) goes out of one side of the rocker switch. The oven element goes out of the other side of the rocker switch and the center of the rocker switch goes to power from the thermostat.
The insulation on the center wire failed due to age. It was close enough to one of the two other wires to get jostled and make contact so that power flowed to both elements.
God was watching after me or there would have been a fire. As it was, everything shorted out so that both elements got power each time the thermostat closed.
I noticed that the metal...
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New wire for my RDE3340 Whirlpool electric range
OK. I got the rocker switch figured out thanks to the good advice on this forum.
Now I need to figure out the correct wire to go to the switch from the broiler element and from the oven element.
This is a Whirlpool RDE3340 electric range.
The common wire on the switch appears to have a high temperature insulating material. I am guessing that both the wire to the broiler and the wire to the oven elements also need relatively high temperature insulation. What do I need to look for? The broiler is rated at about 2400 watts.
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Both of you provided excellent answers.
I did indeed negotiate with the first ebay seller and purchased that switch. I also purchased one from the second seller.
Information is very useful to people, like myself, who try to keep appliances working. Knowing which new parts will work in old machines is valuable.
So, thank you to both of you! Both are great answers!Leave a comment:
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Whirlpool RDE3340W electric Range needs On-Off-On rocker switch, McGill 0801-1059, FSP 686605, Whirlpool p/n 865745
I am trying to track down a replacement rocker switch for a Whirlpool RDE3340W electric range.
The rocker switch was made by McGill under their part number 0801-1059 and supplied to Whirlpool by FSP under their part number 686605. Whirlpool's original part number was 865745.
The switch is an On-Off-On type (SPDT) designed for use with either 115 VAC or 230 VAC. It is not lighted.
Are there any current switches that could be substituted for this switch?
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Re: Checking an oscillating fan motor
Thanks for the recommendation. I plan to do that in the next few days....Leave a comment:
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Checking an oscillating fan motor
I have an oscillating fan that quit working after getting knocked over one too many times (at least that's how it looks).
The first test was to check the off/low/medium/high switch. It appears that there is continuity through that; touched the switch contacts only.
Next, I replaced the capacitor with an exact duplicate. No success. The cap is a CBB61 two wire 3uF 250V foot mount.
What is a good capacitor tester?
I tried the shaft. It turns smoothly but I lubricated it anyway. Likewise the oscillating feature.
The fan is an older... -
Re: Capacitors for an Asus Echo Board
Thank you for the advice. All very good. I normally do take pictures of anything I work on (do it for a living as a tech writer). The information on the stripes is also very good since that tells me they are polarized.
I planned to order from badcaps.
I am not that experienced, but I am very patient and very, very careful (an eight hour job takes me twenty four.
Thanks again for the advice.
Neal Lewis...Leave a comment:
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Capacitors for an Asus Echo Board
My wife's Compaq Presario S5000V P8656P has a batch of bad capacitors which I need to replace.
Normally the P8656P has a Trigem Glendale board (all serial numbers starting with KR or CH. However, if the serial number starts with MX (as hers does) then the board is an Asus Echo P4G533 board with the Award bios.
HP's web page: [url]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07845&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en[/url], tells about this and gives the layout and some photos.
I am new to this and need to have some help figuring out what to order.... -
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And if you wouldn't mind to keep this thread \"clean\" let's try to keep the the chitchat (i.e. even the welcome to the board replies) to a minimum or this thread may get to 100 pages fast :lo
Not a problem.
I have two computers with bad capacitors. One is an HP, the other one a Compaq. Both of them have Asus boards.
The most important one right now is the Compaq. It has an Asus Echo P4G533 board. It is most important because my wife is needing to use it, and I need to fix...Leave a comment:
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