Electric Oven Wire keeps burning out!

[cfidad]

The yellow wire to the bottom heating element of my Maytag PER4310BA keeps burning out. The oven stops heating up and I find the las inch of wire charred black where it connects to the heating element. I have replaced the heating element once with a factory replacement but the problem continues. I am concerned that just cutting the wir and crimping it once again to the heating element connector wil eventually cause an unsafe condition with the exposed wire touchin other parts. My intention is to find the cause for the repeate burning out of the same wire. Does anyone out there have th expertise to tell me what to fix to prevent this problem fro continuing

Thank you in advance for your input

[Doug]

The ony time I've seen this is when wires are connected to the element using spade lugs. The wire is crimped to the lug and the lug is pushed onto the element's spade connector.

Over time, oxidation occurs with resulting voltage drop and excess heat.

I've tighted the lugs with diagonal or crimping piers before installing them. In one or two cases, I've also soldered the wires to the spade lug rather than relying upon the crimping.

Doug

[RBM]

I don't know this oven, but when you first replaced the element, what was the condition of the terminal on the wire? If it had been overheated and annealed, the same problem would have occurred

[David Martel]

Any appliance repair store will sell you the wire and connectors that are appropriate for high temperature. Replace the wire if you are concerned. The connectors hanging in your hardware store probably are not for hi temp use and will cause the problem you describe.

Dave M.

[Chris Lewis]

According to cfidad :

It'll either be poor crimping technique or the wrong type of crimp. Or both.

Heating/cooling/oxidation cycles will be hell on connections if they're not done just perfectly. Secondly, using automotive connectors with a heating element is bound to not work for very long.

Probably the simplest/cheapest thing to do would be to take the wire into to a proper appliance repair outlet and get a new wire made up.

[Tony Hwang]

Hmmm, Poor connection resulting in excess heat is the reason.

[bob kater]

[steve]

How do you replace the wire?

[bruce bowser]

The best bet is to call an electrician in the phone book.

[RosemontCrest]

That assumes that someone still has a phone book from 2006.