beneath them?

Not really, but mostly engineers design the stuff technicians end up fixing. An oven, like many things is composed of components engineered by different flavours of engineers. Mechanical for the structural & moving parts, electrical for the... electrical & electronics. Technicians/repairmen are generally trained to know how to repair anything on the appliance. Techs have a lower level of engineering knowledge, but are well trained in troubleshooting the item they need to repair. There are of course different flavours of techs as well & depending on the complexity of the device to be repaired, they'll be quite specialized as well.

To the OP, if it's going to cost close to $300 to replace the control board, you might consider springing for a spanking new stove.

Engineers, technicians, enthusiasts, hobbyists, geeks, lovers, sinners, annoying arrogant @$$holes or whatever... it's totally irrelevent.

Whoever has some knowledge & can help then great (regardless of what term you may use to describe them).

Those being pedantic about nomenclature... meh... go annoy someone else - I have an oven to fix.

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My Kenmore stove had one button (the start button of course) stop working and I had to replace the entire control board...$519 plus install and taxes. Tried everything to find it cheaper but had no luck. Are any of the controls that no longer function "touch" based?

+1 I need some more of Florence's magnificent cupcakes, my body is in withdrawal symptoms....:lol:

Your right, their too busy driving trains.


Hopefully it works out for you.
When you do final resolve the issue, keep us informed.
I have to assist my brother with the same problem.

I want cupcakes too!:mrgreen:

There was no intention of being annoying or any of those other words you mentioned it just seems to me that you're looking for appliance repair technician or someone with relevant experience to help you out. Perhaps you might get more attention from such people by calling out for something that actually exists.

I'm no expert on the field but as an engineer, since you're asking for one, I would suggest someone who breaks the control panel by changing a light bulb should not attempt to change the control panel or even attempt changing the bulb again... Best to call around and find a service technician that can fix it for you.

Should have got a Maytag, their repair dude sits on his butt forever. I still say if the whole control panel is shot & you don't have anyone that can troubleshoot the components on it & need to replace the whole thing, get a new oven. A Maytag.

A Maytag would have been nice but the Kenmore was already there when we bought the place.

Anyway, looks like I do need a control board. The wiring for the bulb was loose & shorted the thing.

Call out charge for someone to tell me the above $95. Cost of board, estimated at $200, labour cost to swap the board over &150. Add the HST & it's not worth paying for a repair.

I'll see if I can pick up the part & do it myself but also need to replace the bulb cradle that corroded & caused the problems in the first place.

.... Then! Everyone can have their cupcakes!

Shelly, cupcakes for frags next time I'm on the Island? ;)

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