the oven saga is over

[low_delta]

It took a week to get a repair person in. He was suitable impressed by the damage I'd done, with the short and the connector blowing up. He was certain it was the controller. The main reason I called a professional was because the $200 controller was a bit of a gamble because I didn't know if that was the real fault. But the guy was certain that was the problem. Like, there couldn't be any other problem.

He gave me three options. (1) He could replace the controller, but he couldn't warranty the repair without replacing the wiring harness. I had clamped a connector back on to replace the one that had blown up, but that wasn't factory, so he'd have to give me factory wiring. This would be about $650. (2) He could replace the controller but not the wiring harness, and not warranty it. This would be $500. (3) I could do it myself. $200.

I wasn't against paying someone to do the work but it probably would have taken over a week to get the part in and have been about $300 over the cost of the parts. The guy also leaned heavily toward me doing it myself because it was an easy fix. So I paid him the $130 trip fee, and ordered the part myself. That was yesterday. It arrived this afternoon, and cost me just under $220 with shipping. It was actually easier than I expected, and took me fifteen minutes to replace. I thought it would be harder to get inside the machine, but I took one panel off the back of the range, and it was right there. Then two screws off the controller itself, along with seven plugs.

So there!

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[summersgate]

Yay for you!