Thermador manufactures many types of luxury-home appliances, including cooking, dish-washing and refrigeration products. Thermador ovens are available as both in-wall independent units and in a range combination -- and are electric or gas-powered. Gas-powered ovens use an open flame to provide heat for baking and broiling; electric ovens utilize two heating elements, one at the top of the oven and one at the bottom, to produce heat. When one of the electric heating elements stops functioning, it must be replaced with a new element.
Instructions
Bake Element
1. Unplug the oven from the wall.
2. Open the oven door and remove the oven racks.
3. Remove the mounting screw located on the base of both ends of the bake element securing the element to the rear wall. The bake element is located on the bottom of the oven.
4. Pull the bake element away from the wall. On some Thermador ovens, you may need to lift the element up, 45 degrees, and then pull out.
5. Unclip the wire attached to the terminal on each end of the element.
6. Connect the wires to the terminals on both ends of the new bake element. To connect the wires to the terminals, slide the connectors onto the terminals.
7. Push the wires back into the holes on the rear oven wall, and then move the bake element into place. It may be necessary to install the bake element at a 45-degree angle.
8. Secure the mounting screws to the base of the bake element.
9. Replace the oven racks and then restore power to the oven.
Broil Element
10. Unplug the oven from the wall.
11. Open the oven door and then remove the oven racks.
12. Remove the mounting screw from the oven sensor and then pull the oven sensor away from the rear oven wall if it blocks the terminal bases. The oven sensor is located in the middle of the upper portion of the rear oven wall, has a square or rectangular metal base, depending on the oven model, and one mounting screw. On some models of Thermador ovens, the oven sensor is installed over the boil element base and must be removed.
13. Remove each mounting screw from the base of both ends of the broil element, which is the element attached to the roof of the oven.
14. Remove the screws from the mounting brackets securing the broil element to the roof of the oven.
15. Pull the broil element away from the wall, pulling the wires connected to the terminals with it through the holes in the rear oven wall.
16. Pull the wires off of each terminal on the end of the each side of the broil element.
17.Connect the wires to the terminals on the new broil element. To connect the wires to the terminals, slide the connectors onto the terminals.
18. Push the wires back into the holes on the rear oven wall, and then move the broil element into place.
19. Secure the broil element to the roof of the oven using the mounting screws that were removed.
20. Secure the broil element bases to the rear oven wall using the mounting screws that were removed.
21. Resecure the oven sensor to the rear oven wall using the mounting screw if it was removed.
22. Replace the oven racks and then restore power to the oven.
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