rharr
Mechanical
- Aug 8, 2007
- 39
Let's start by letting you know I'm a mechanical engineer with an electrical question.
My stove recently died. One of the elements in the oven arced. However, nothing on the stove works now.
After checking the fuse panel and not finding a tripped breaker or blown fuse (I also have part of my house on an old style screw in fuse panel) I unplugged the stove and checked the outlet for power. It's a three prong outlet. (Using #1 as the vertical slot at the 6 o'clock position, #2 is at 10 o'clock, and #3 is at 2 0'clock) From #1 to #2 I get 120V. From #1 to #3 I get 40V. From #2 to #3 I get 80V. If I have a blown a fuse on one leg, wouldn't I see 0V on that leg? What could the problem be? Do I have a short somewhere?
My stove recently died. One of the elements in the oven arced. However, nothing on the stove works now.
After checking the fuse panel and not finding a tripped breaker or blown fuse (I also have part of my house on an old style screw in fuse panel) I unplugged the stove and checked the outlet for power. It's a three prong outlet. (Using #1 as the vertical slot at the 6 o'clock position, #2 is at 10 o'clock, and #3 is at 2 0'clock) From #1 to #2 I get 120V. From #1 to #3 I get 40V. From #2 to #3 I get 80V. If I have a blown a fuse on one leg, wouldn't I see 0V on that leg? What could the problem be? Do I have a short somewhere?