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| I'm renting an apartment with an ancient Admiral electric oven range
| in it. This range has just one oven knob: a temperature control whose
| last choice is "Broil." Recently, when I set the oven for a non-broil
| temperature, such as 400 degrees, the broiler element comes on instead
| of the bottom element, which remains cold. The oven heat cycle
| indicator light still comes on too, though it doesn't come on (and
| isn't supposed to) when the knob is set to Broil. Because the heat is
| coming from the top element, the oven never shuts off, just keeps
| heating and heating. Obviously I can't bake anything like this.
|
| Any ideas what causes this and how I can fix it?
|
| Thanks.

On the older ranges the broiler and bottom units came on together
to preheat the oven, then the broiler unit went off.

It sounds as if the bottom (oven) unit is not working, is it? If not
the broiler unit will come on alone and never generate enough heat
to get the oven up to temperature without the bottom helping.

Whatever, you may well have a loose or missing connection within
the oven, which in a 220 volt unit can be pretty hazardous. If all
else fails tell your landlord that you believe the oven is dangerous
and should be replaced before it (burns up, explodes, bursts into
flame, overheats the apartment ... your choice.) good luck

pavane