need help about electrical problem

[earnhardt1]

ok we went and bought the new stove found a black one i liked. came home hooked it up and it does the same thing my stainless one did.... gets power but wont heat. so i am guessing its a power isssue... i jsut wasted 350.00 for nothing. i am so mad esp since me perfectly good stainless went in the trash yesterday

[galeane29]

I had the same problem just after I bought this house we are in. It was under warranty and so had someone from sears come out to check it out, cost $75. There was a breaker that had been tripped believe it or not. Yeah $75 for a guy to come out and reset my breaker. Check them each individualy, mine looked like they were all fine but that one wasnt , make sure none are lose.

[Eyore]

I would suggest if you have fuses to it, change the fuse, even if it looks good change it. I had a dryer stop working and the fuse looked good, went and bought a new dryer and it wouldn't work. It was the fuse.
If you don't have fuses then check your breaker box that something didn't trip it.
Otherwise I would call and electrician out to see what is going on.

[PrincessArky]

gosh girl I swear you and I must have the same luck lol

Hope it turns out to be a simple fix

[SLance68]

Go reset the breakers - sometimes they will look like they are "on" when they have actually tripped and are just not all the way back to the "on" position. We have one at our office that does that and it is so irritating. Worse yet I work for a Electrician - you would think we could get that fixed.

[earnhardt1]

i have tripped the box and gone outside to the main one out side and re set it as well... i am now cooking steaks on the foreman grill hubby went to buy a new pigtail hoping maybe that is bad..... i am so upset. i just wasted a ton of money that i didnt need to waste. and it gets worse the baby bought a hampster last week adn while they were gone i went to feed it and its dead. he is going to FREAK out he loved this thing

[aussiegirl]

gosh girl I swear you and I must have the same luck lol

Hope it turns out to be a simple fix

We must all be sisters split at birth.

[earnhardt1]

lol i woke up to a bad day

[Kyla Kym]

Worse yet I work for a Electrician - you would think we could get that fixed.
I know the feeling. My dad is a electrician, and I'm so worried he will have another heart attack that I won't ask him to fix anything that I need fixed. And I have so many electrical issues right now that need attention, but I just can't bring myself to ask him. Also he won't let me pay him and I can't stand to see him work hard for free. So that's also a issue.

If flipping the breaker doesn't fix the problem. I can call and ask my dad for you if you want me to. He is a certified electrician, and has been for 40 years now.

[earnhardt1]

i flipped it twice it is getting 120 volts out of each side of the plug is what hubby said before he left soi cant figure it out. i am stressing really bad and now i feel sick to my stomach but on a happy not my steak smells good

[lucimPI]

lol i woke up to a bad day

At least you woke up!! That was a good sign. Why is it whenever you wake up in a fairly good mood there is some appliance or something in your home just waiting to drag you down...

[tigger4]

How many amps is your stove? Do you have enough amperage on the breaker you are hooking it? You may not have enough pull on the breaker.

[earnhardt1]

there are enough amps but for some reason its not workin :(
hubby is replacing the wall plug and the pig tail now.... hope this works

[hunny]

I dont know much about these kinds of things but i THINK that if it was the plug or a breaker you would not be getting any power to it.

My old oven did this once and it was the thermostat(in the oven)

[JustDoIt]

Why don't you bring it back to the store and get it replaced? Especially if you haven't even had it 24 hours??

Did you call the store before your DH started changing wires and everything? I don't thikn they'll take it back if it's been altered and all.

Good luck...

BTW...Steaks are better on a foreman grill anyways. ;)

[earnhardt1]

Why don't you bring it back to the store and get it replaced? Especially if you haven't even had it 24 hours??

Did you call the store before your DH started changing wires and everything? I don't thikn they'll take it back if it's been altered and all.

Good luck...

BTW...Steaks are better on a foreman grill anyways. ;)

the plug doesnt come with it so it was no biggie. it isnt the stove thats broke since it is doing thesame thing the one i jsut tossed yesterday did
they plug btw didnt help it still doesnt work
kyla can you calll your daddy and ask him? i have 220 volts coming out of the outlet but the stoves wont work

[Bliss]

It sounds like the breaker in the box needs to be changed. If power is not going to your stove it's got to be the breaker.

[earnhardt1]

bought a new breaker box also putting in tommorow. i am gettin 220 volts at teh plug where the stove is and the clock on the stove works but nothing else. the same thing the stainless one did. i paid 1200 for my stainless one 3 years ago i am so pissed

[Kyla Kym]

the plug doesnt come with it so it was no biggie. it isnt the stove thats broke since it is doing thesame thing the one i jsut tossed yesterday did
they plug btw didnt help it still doesnt work
kyla can you calll your daddy and ask him? i have 220 volts coming out of the outlet but the stoves wont work

Our power has been out all evening. It just came back on a bit ago. I bet dad is already asleep now. I will call and see if he is still up.

[earnhardt1]

Our power has been out all evening. It just came back on a bit ago. I bet dad is already asleep now. I will call and see if he is still up.

oh thnaks soooo much you are my hero

[Kyla Kym]

oh thnaks soooo much you are my hero
Have you got free long distance? He said you could call him. He's a real nice guy. But he will be going to bed soon. So if you want to call you need to now. He seemed to know exactly what I was talking about when I talked to him. Something about there should be 240 volts and he can tell your hubby where to check and look for the problem. You want to call him?

[iluvmybaby]

HELL NO, take that shiat back, for $350 I would be back up there DEMANDING my money back

[earnhardt1]

u have mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks so much hubby is sleeping but maybe he can tell me and i can tell hubby when he gets up

[Kyla Kym]

u have mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks so much hubby is sleeping but maybe he can tell me and i can tell hubby when he gets up

OK, I just pmed you his number. But you better hurry and call right now so he doesn't go to bed. He's set in his ways and bedtime is normally at 9. So he is staying up later than normal because I asked him to wait on your call. :)

[earnhardt1]

omg thanks so much!!!!!!!!!! he is the sweetest man...... i know know what we need to do..... ilove you

[Kyla Kym]

omg thanks so much!!!!!!!!!! he is the sweetest man...... i know know what we need to do..... ilove you

Thank you for saying he is sweet, I think so too.:dancing: And your welcome. :)

[hunny]

OK, I just pmed you his number. But you better hurry and call right now so he doesn't go to bed. He's set in his ways and bedtime is normally at 9. So he is staying up later than normal because I asked him to wait on your call. :)


That is so nice of you!!!


Hope you got it fixed now.

[MamaArc]

Hope you have it all figured out being without a stove is not fun at all.

[earnhardt1]

ok well today was almost another full day of no power but after the electrician came fixed it i am now happy.
it was the main breaker outside. so the new panel box=250.00 waste of money old one was fine...... stove 350.00 waste of money old one was prefect.......150 an hour for electrian and 100 for breaker i am now freakin happy to have electriity

[SLance68]

Glad to hear you finally have that problem fixed. But please keep in mind that the majority of the time it would have been the appliance and not the breaker or even the main breaker that was the problem. Trust me if someone says they have a bad breaker 99% of the time it is not the breaker.