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Whirlpool Oven does not get hot?

Whirpool Oven does not get hot.5 year old oven with ceramic flat topFlat top will not heat, oven and broiler will not heatI tried reseting circuit? unplug and pluginOnce i unpluged it and plugged in.it heated for about 5 seconds and no moreNext unplug/plug.still no heatI did reconnect the same thermal fuse on that first tryIs there a way to reset the circuit board? or does this sound like it could be the thermal fuse?

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You need something made of iron or nickel to use as a magnetic insulatorAn iron skillet could work if you have an iron cover to put over itThe skillet and cover must surround the item to be isolated, the iron will prevent a magnetic field from flowing through the item you need to protect.
Any ferrous metal can be used as magnetic insulation, but it has the downside of being magnetizable, in other words, it can become a magnet in the presence of a strong enough fieldIf you take enough transformers apart you can find laminated iron segments or ferrite ceramic plates that make excellent magnetic insulationThe only material that will truly keep a magnetic field out is a superconductor, and there are few of those lying around a typical house.
Normally thermal fuses don't reset which makes it confusing that it worked for 5 seconds after you unplugged it plugged it back in.The circuit board could be at fault.Also make sure the power cord connections are secure where thay are connected to the oven itself.It might have lost 1 leg of the 220 volts.
Corroding the metal doesn't make it go away, the rust is still thereWhat happened to recycle? The steel, aluminum, and other metals can (and are) recycledThe same for the rubber tiresPlastics can be recycled, just as soda bottles areI don't know about glass, but the material to make glass (sand) is very abundantLead Acid batteries can be recycled, and must be, as the Lead is dangerous to the environmentThe electronics can be sent to electronic disassembly plants that salvage any good parts and recycle what they can of the restLeather you can't recycle, but it is biodegradableYou have some totally wrong ideasthe way to prevent pollution is recycling, not breaking it up into small pieces.

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