- Jun 24, 2014
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I've had my MES 30 for a couple years. S/N AK111416 with solid door and rear-mounted slant-back controller. Started acting up recently to the point it's unusable, so I took off the back to check the wiring The connections to the heating element were in good shape. I pulled the heating element and hooked it directly to line voltage. It heated up, but never became red hot. Not sure if it's supposed to. Trying to figure out what's going on:
1. Turns on, I can set temp and time. The light turns on as it begins heating.
2. I set temp to 250 deg. Hit 226 after 30 minutes, then started dropping. Ambient temps in low 70s. Now below 100 degrees an hour after peaking at 226.
3. With the back off, I could hear a clicking from the metal box housing the high temp limit switch. I thought this was odd, as it clicked every few minutes while the temp was below the set point. But even while clicking, the temp was rising.
I've tried to fire it up several times over the course of the past month with pretty much the same results. Gets up around 225 degrees, then down she goes.
Any thoughts what it might be or what to test?
Thanks.
1. Turns on, I can set temp and time. The light turns on as it begins heating.
2. I set temp to 250 deg. Hit 226 after 30 minutes, then started dropping. Ambient temps in low 70s. Now below 100 degrees an hour after peaking at 226.
3. With the back off, I could hear a clicking from the metal box housing the high temp limit switch. I thought this was odd, as it clicked every few minutes while the temp was below the set point. But even while clicking, the temp was rising.
I've tried to fire it up several times over the course of the past month with pretty much the same results. Gets up around 225 degrees, then down she goes.
Any thoughts what it might be or what to test?
Thanks.
