So I have a typical oven toaster and based on my research, one of the heating element is defective (no continuity).
My oven has 4 heating elements and only 1 is defective.
2 elements are in the upper area and 2 are in the lower area of the oven.
I don't want to buy a replacement heating element since it's hard to find and expensive (it's cheaper to buy a new oven toaster nowadays)
I am trying to find a way to bypass this defective heating element and make the other 3 elements heat up.
If I put the defective element in the upper area, both elements in the upper area won't heat up.
If I put the defective element in the lower area, both elements in the lower area won't heat up.
Is there a way to make the 3 elements heat up without replacing the 4th and defective heating element?
I'm hoping to bypass the 4th and defective element.
BTW, I put the defective in the lower area, far side
Please see pictures for more details.
Thanks for your help.
Best Answer
Your heating elements are wired in series because it takes two elements to match the voltage of your electricity supply.
because they are in series the dead element has disabled its partner. There's no cheap solution.