heating element
Hey Max……..you said you had to replace your heating element in
the oven. I’m glad you brought htis up.
8 years ago some electrician tell me to never use aluminum foil to
wrap the RACKS in teh oven…….
he says that will burn out your element. I hope i understood him
clear, but i see most people wrap their wracks in foil, or of course
they will wrap the “reservoir” circle thingies below the surface
heating elements on the oven.
anyone ever been told this?
jb
August 30th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
In a message dated 2/2/2003 1:37:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ladyshave5@… writes:
<< 8 years ago some electrician tell me to never use aluminum foil to
wrap the RACKS in teh oven…….
I placed foil UNDER the bake rack to line the floor of the oven (at the
bottom) to catch slopover but not touching the element except for the “legs”
on the front that hold the element off of the floor of the oven. It’ll
“mold” to the bottom of the oven. Make SURE you’re not touching the element.
The original bake rack is still trucking after 13 years (now to fix my
refrigerator–sigh). I would never wrap the actual elements (burners) with
foil or even touch the element. It may cause uneven heating, hotspots,
shorts, or a fire. Any slop on the burners (elements) will burn off anyway
and set off your smoke alarm for exercise running down the hall.
You can now buy a slide-in oven floor protector that slides under the bake
element but, to me, you’ve just got another floor to clean. I like to be
able to pull out the foil and throw it away when that quiche or pumpkin pie
gets out of hand.
Max