Hey, I’ve got a faulty oven here that won’t heat up properly. The previous owner suspected a defective heating coil, but they are all functional. I tested it with an oven thermometer: if only bottom heat is on, the thermostat switches correctly and the oven heats up as it should. However, as soon as top heat is (also) on, it only heats up to about 80°C (144°F) below the target temperature.
The sensor is located directly behind the upper coil, so it doesn’t seem too far-fetched that it switches sooner in this case, but 80 degrees too early? It has been working for the past 12 years… In YouTube videos, a faulty thermostat seems to cause the stove to heat non-stop.
Any idea on how I can fix this? I don’t want to buy a spare part only for the problem to persist in the end.
Edit: This is about an IKEA FRAMTID OV9 featuring an EGO 55.17253.120.
Is the oven actually faulty?
Some ovens only use the top element to ‘grill’ or brown dishes on top for example if you want to crisp up the cheese on top your mac n cheese dish and not as a ‘baking’ element. Temps don’t matter as much because the dish would be up close to the element.
You say it has been working for 12 years, does that mean the TOP element has been hitting the right temps for the past 12 years?
It has two heating elements in the top, one of them is active when you select top + bottom heat. It is only 800W. The other one comes on when you select a grill function.
I got it for free on a local marketplace. The owner just said it worked alright in those years.