Our oven burner element burned out. Inspired by you all I thought this was a good DIY to tackle.
Diagnosed, went online to price replacement. All set to do it.
Then did not think about turning off the power before removing the screws holding the element in place. So got them out, pulled on the element and 'spark' - no power to whole stove. Hmm, I thought I fried something.
So, I started chickening out of this DIY adventure, thinking I had already done more damage that I may not be able to fix. I called an appliance repair place to get some pricing - yow! The person on the phone did advise that my sparking incident may have just tripped the circuit. I checked and that was the case.
I decided to go for it! Mission accomplished!
Estimated cost for professional repair:
$63 service fee + $45 burner element + labor = greater than $108
DIY cost:
$20 burner element + $6 shipping = $26 - took about 5 minutes to fix.
More than $82 saved!
CAVEAT: I think both sides are properly connected, but I do have some lose of feeling in my fingertips - so there is a little remaining paranoia (what if either side is not fully connected? Fire?)
