element in stove blew up

[Edee em]

Just had the weirdest thing happen. The element in my JennAir electric stove blew up. The wife was heating up the oven and there was a very loud pop and a fire, with lots of smoke. After it settled, I looked in and could see a 1/4" hole in the element. Any thoughts????

Thanks

edee em I know the truth is out there, but I like to stay in...

[Jim Elbrecht]

Sometimes they don't just 'go quietly into that good night'.

Take a trip to

& get a new element.

Jim

[Ralph Mowery]

Not sure about your stove element, but some are hollow tubes that have a wire wound up inside it and some insulating material. Probably wore through the insulating material and the electric arc is what blew the hole in the element.

[RBM]

I think you nailed it. You can buy a replacement and install it quite easily

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[Stormin Mormon]

Might be broken. You should consider replacing the element.

[Oren]

Thoughts? Sure, the element "blew up".

R&R at your own risk.

[Red Green]

"Edee em" wrote in news:Lnp6n.5501$ [e-mail]:

Thoughts? Yea. I don't think duct tape will do the trick this time.

[Edee em]

Thanks guys

I get from your responses that this is not an unusual event. I never heard of it so I thought it was worse than it seemed.

As always, thanks!

[Ralph Mowery]

While it does not often hapen, it is not all that unusual. It is one of the more common ways the element goes bad. It either blows a hole in the element or the wire just burns into and the element quits heating. Sometimes the element can bur into and then one of the ends sags down and touches the tube and that blows the hole in the element.