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DIY & Home Improvement

bucolic_frolic

(46,973 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:52 PM Mar 2020

Ceramic stovetop

Replaced a heat monitor light a few years back. Now one of the stovetop coils has no thermostat - no ability to control the temp. It stays on HIGH all the time, no matter where the handle is turned.

I'm thinking that's the whole thermostat/rheo? assembly beneath the handle. Probably a few plug in connectors and a new unit. Does this sound reasonable? It's an Amana, 23 years old. DIY. You think parts should be available?

Thanks for any insight.......

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Ceramic stovetop (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 OP

Look on YouTube. It shows how to change them. It's pretty easy. Patterson Mar 2020 #1

I get parts from here sometimes Kali Mar 2020 #2

So I got a matching used replacement, but it's tight to turn bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #3

Patterson

(1,579 posts)

1. Look on YouTube. It shows how to change them. It's pretty easy.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 06:38 PM

Mar 2020

This is a common problem. Search google, ebay and Amazon for your part number.

Kali

(55,735 posts)

2. I get parts from here sometimes

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:18 PM

Mar 2020

https://www.ereplacementparts.com/

others too, lots have schematics and diagnostic/repair info

bucolic_frolic

(46,973 posts)

3. So I got a matching used replacement, but it's tight to turn

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 04:06 PM

Apr 2020

can they be lubricated? I have the old one to take apart and it's relays driven by a rubber stem with a bump on it that moves around a rubber core. The old one was dirty but loose. Doubt it can be taken apart, but a little silicone spray lube?

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