- Aug 15, 2016
- 4
- 10
Good morning everyone!
Just went through an event with my MES 40 inch where it would not heat up much past 110 degrees. So I embarked on the whole "lets fix this thing" journey. First I replaced the heating element recently. However, I could not get it go past 195degrees and that was with pushing the the control to max 275 degrees. So I did a little more research and some suggest replacing the thermostat (I bought them on AMAZON). I open the door and there it is on the left side of the box toward the top. I was very disappointed to see you have to have access to the rear of the unit since it is riveted down...lol.
So I think maybe what I am going to do is use a dremel to cut a hole in the back metal plate replace the thermostat from the back side, and then cover the hole with a bigger piece of metal with metal screws. That way if I need to replace it again it will be easy.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?? Has anyone replaced one of these?
Kev
Just went through an event with my MES 40 inch where it would not heat up much past 110 degrees. So I embarked on the whole "lets fix this thing" journey. First I replaced the heating element recently. However, I could not get it go past 195degrees and that was with pushing the the control to max 275 degrees. So I did a little more research and some suggest replacing the thermostat (I bought them on AMAZON). I open the door and there it is on the left side of the box toward the top. I was very disappointed to see you have to have access to the rear of the unit since it is riveted down...lol.
So I think maybe what I am going to do is use a dremel to cut a hole in the back metal plate replace the thermostat from the back side, and then cover the hole with a bigger piece of metal with metal screws. That way if I need to replace it again it will be easy.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?? Has anyone replaced one of these?
Kev