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A white freestanding electric stove with four black coil burners and chrome drip pans stands against a tiled backsplash in a US apartment kitchen.

Electric
Stove Repair

A stove that runs entirely on electricity through a heavy cord and a large outlet behind it, with coil burners that lift out or a smooth glass stovetop with elements under it.

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Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm

  • 4 things that fail on it
  • 14 makes build it
  • 6 problems it shows

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Is yours
an electric?

An electric stove is the kind many apartments and older homes have: coil burners that sit in chrome or black drip pans, or a flat glass top with circles that glow red, and an oven below heated by one element on its floor and another along its ceiling. Electric stove repair starts from what you see at the burners, because the part that failed decides the whole job: a coil that will not warm might be the coil, its socket, the switch behind its knob or a loose wire. Everything runs from a thick cord and a big outlet behind the stove, fed by a double breaker in the panel, and a stove that goes dead at once often has nothing wrong inside at all. Coils, sockets and switches are among the least costly repairs on any stove.

A technician plugs a new black coil burner into its socket on a raised stovetop of a white electric stove in a US apartment kitchen. What fails on an electric stove

How to tell

01

There is no flame and no ticking: the burners warm up slowly and glow orange or red when they are on high.
02

Either round metal coils plug into sockets on the top, or the whole top is a sheet of black glass printed with circles.
03

The plug behind the stove is much larger than a lamp plug, with three or four heavy prongs, and there is no gas valve on the wall.
04

The breaker panel has a wide double breaker marked for the stove, often at the top or bottom of the panel.

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What fails
on this design.

On an electric stove: a coil or its socket, the switch behind a knob, an element under the glass, the oven elements.

The problems it shows

A coil or its socket

A coil that has blistered or split stops heating, and a socket whose metal clips have burned loses contact, so the coil flickers or works only when you wiggle it.

The switch behind a knob

The switch clicks power on and off to hold the setting you chose. When its contacts weld, one burner runs on high no matter where the knob points; when they burn open, it never warms.

An element under the glass

On a smooth-top stove, one circle staying dark while the others glow is usually a failed element or its heat limiter, reached by lifting the glass top.

The oven elements

The bake element on the oven floor can fail with a bright flash and a burned spot, leaving the broiler at the top as the only heat, so food browns on top and stays raw below.

Getting at it,
and whether to.

A coil and its drip pan lift straight out, so a failed coil can be checked by swapping it with a working one of the same size before any visit.

What repairs cost

On the visit

  1. Sockets, switches and the wiring are reached by raising the stovetop on its hinges or taking off the back panel, with the breaker off first.
  2. A glass top is unclipped and lifted carefully so the elements underneath can be tested and changed.
  3. Pulling the stove forward to reach the cord and outlet means the storage drawer comes out and the anti-tip bracket is released first.

Repair or replace

Most electric stove problems are coils, sockets, switches and oven elements, and those are worth fixing on nearly any stove that is otherwise sound. The decision gets harder when a cracked glass top meets an older stove, because the glass is the costliest part on it, or when a control board with a display is no longer sold for that model.

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The problems
it shows.

On an electric stove, most often stovetop not heating.

All problems
A US home kitchen with a black smooth-top electric stove, a pot of water sitting still on a dark front circle while the oven light glows below, a homeowner resting a hand flat above the pot lid to feel for warmth.

Stovetop Not Heating

6 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a black freestanding electric stove with coil burners, one front coil glowing bright orange with no pan on it and every knob pointing at off, the counters beside the stove cleared and nobody in the room. Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on

Stove Burner Stays on High

5 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a white freestanding electric stove with coil burners, all burners dark, and in the hallway beyond a homeowner standing at an open breaker panel with a hand on a switch, far from the stove. Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on

Stove Sparking

6 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a white freestanding electric stove, three coil burners glowing orange under pots and the fourth coil lifted out of its socket and resting on a towel on the counter.

Stove Burner Not Working

6 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a stainless freestanding stove, a pot simmering on a burner on top while the oven door below is open and a sheet of unbaked cookies sits on the rack in a dark, cold oven.

Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up

6 causes, cheapest first

 A close view of the front of a white freestanding stove in a US home kitchen, one knob missing to show the bare metal shaft, the cracked knob resting in an open palm held beside it, and the other knobs in place.

Stove Knob Broken or Loose

6 causes, cheapest first

Who builds
an electric.

14 of the makes on this site build an electric stove. Each mark opens that make's own page.

All 32 brands

Electric stove repair,
where we come out.

9 metros, each with its own page.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

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Questions about
electric stoves.

One coil burner on my stove stopped working. Can I test it myself?
Yes, safely, with the stove off and the coils cool: lift the dead coil out and plug it into a working socket of the same size. If it heats there, the coil is fine and the socket, switch or wiring is the problem. If it stays cold in any socket, a new coil usually solves it.
Why did my electric stove stop working all at once, top and oven?
When everything goes dark together, look at the breaker panel first. A double breaker can trip on one side only, so the clock may still light while nothing heats. If the breaker trips again as soon as you reset it, leave it off and book a visit.
My landlord asked me to report a burner that only works on high. How serious is that?
It is worth treating as urgent. A switch stuck on high means you cannot turn that burner down or off with its knob. Do not use it, and switch the stove off at the breaker if the burner stays hot with the knob off. Let the owner know which burner it is and what it does.
Is it normal for new coil burners to smoke the first time?
A short burst of light smoke and a smell the first time a new coil or drip pan heats is the factory coating burning off. Run it on high for a few minutes with a fan on. Smoke that returns every time, or comes from under the stovetop, is not normal.

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