KERS505SWB1 KitchenAid Range - Instructions
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- Customer:
- Richard from Pattonsburg, MO
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Pliers, Screw drivers
Electric Oven burner element burned out.....
Made sure that "Breaker" for oven is in the off positon.
Opened oven door to the first "stay open" position...lifted door straight up...and off of the hinges....which removes the door....and allows easier access to oven.
Removed oven racks
Removed two philips head
Pulled burned out element toward the front of the oven.....exposing the two connector wires.
Used pliers to pull wire connectors from burner element connectors.
Reversed the order of this process....to install new element.
Opened oven door to the first "stay open" position...lifted door straight up...and off of the hinges....which removes the door....and allows easier access to oven.
Removed oven racks
Removed two philips head
Pulled burned out element toward the front of the oven.....exposing the two connector wires.
Used pliers to pull wire connectors from burner element connectors.
Reversed the order of this process....to install new element.
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- Customer:
- NINA from CLOVIS, NM
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Bake element burned out the week before Thanksgiving!
I got online, and "Googled" bake element and Whirlpool (model #), and selected PartSelect by chance. The website had a diagram of my oven with parts and it was easy to select the right part. I paid extra to have it shipped overnight and it arrived the next day. I removed two screws, disconnected the old element, and replaced it with the new element. It worked!! I think I saved a lot of money by doing the repair myself. (I am a 66 yearl old woman and will choose PartSelect by choice for future appliance repairs.)
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- Customer:
- tommy from edwards, CO
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Oven wouldn't heat up
unscrew and then unplug old element, then pug in and screw new element. Done
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- Customer:
- Rita from UPPER MARLBORO, MD
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
The old bake element had burned out
It was so easy. I removed the baking racks. Then I unscrewed two Philips head screws that held the rack in place. Then I pulled the two connections apart from the wiring. Plugged the new element into the wiring. It was as simple as sliding it in and out, replaced the screws, and within minutes I was back to baking again.
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- Customer:
- Alan from Lewisburg, WV
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Baking element burnt out
Turned off the breaker to the stove. Removed the two screws holding the element in place. Pulled off the wire terminals, removed old element. Reconnected the two wires, slid new element into place, reinserted the two holding screws, turned back on breaker. 5 minutes.
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- Customer:
- Ronald from Leesburg, FL
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Bake Element Was Bad
Could not believe that the part was here the next day! Install was simple,just connect the wires and screw it in.
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- Customer:
- Jill from Aurora, CO
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Bake element would no longer heat up
This repair couldn't be easier. I turned off power to the range, removed the oven racks, unscrewed the two screws holding the element, carefully slid the connectors off of the terminals, reconnected them to the new baking element, put the screws back in. Entire repair took less than 10 min. Not much harder than changing a light bulb. Works like a brand new oven.
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- Customer:
- Richard G. & Linda L. from Reading, PA
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Well my wife's oven heating element burned out
Well it was quite simple to replace all I used was a long Phillips screw driver,the job only took me 10 minutes to complete,thank you so much for the part you sent me it was the correct part.
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- Customer:
- Stan from Chillicothe, MO
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
bottom element in oven burnt out
I took out 2 screws and installed new element! It took 5 mins.
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- Customer:
- Carolyn R. from Cambridge, ME
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
The oven heating element had a bright spot in it and I was afraid it would blow while I was cooking.
My husband said HE JUST TOOK OUT A COUPLE OF SCREWS ,TOOK THE OLD ONE OUT AND PUT THE NEW ONE IN .
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- Customer:
- Nicholas from Villa Grove, IL
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Pliers, Screw drivers
Oven heating element needed to be replaced after failure
I had previously removed the element so I began by installing the new element. The wire connectors, did not fit as tightly as they did on the old element due to a slightly different shape on the element. Therefore, I had to take some needle-nosed pliers in order to bend the oven's wire connectors and make them fit tighter. Once that was done I struggled a bit to slip the connectors onto the new element but finally got them on.
There is also a 208V element available for this oven but after calling the web site's phone number was advised that the 208v is for an apartment-type oven and that the 240V is appropriate.
Everything works well!
There is also a 208V element available for this oven but after calling the web site's phone number was advised that the 208v is for an apartment-type oven and that the 240V is appropriate.
Everything works well!
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- Customer:
- peggy ann from forest city, NC
- Parts Used:
- 8009
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
replaced oven lightbulb
very easy
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- Customer:
- Edward from Crimora, VA
- Parts Used:
- WP8203546
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers, Socket set
Block broke
Unplug power cord, remove wires from block. take 2 screws out. replace with new block about 15 mins. Done
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- Customer:
- Brenton from Seattle, WA
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Oven wouldn't heat
I unplugged the stove/oven then unscrewed the bottom element (two screws in the back). I pulled the two electrical clips off the old bake element then removed it. I pushed the electrical clips on the new back element then screwed it back in. After plugging the oven back in and turning it on the oven worked perfectly!
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- Customer:
- vernon from morehead, KY
- Parts Used:
- WP308180
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Nutdriver, Screw drivers
bottom oven element burnt out
i removed the back cover unpluged 2 wires
inside the oven removed 2 screws from the element . reversed the process to re install the new part
inside the oven removed 2 screws from the element . reversed the process to re install the new part
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