GE Roaster Oven Replacement Part

[appliancenovice]

Hello everyone,
I have a GE Roaster that stopped working a few months ago: the roaster will not heat up as a result of a broken heating element. I have tried looking for one but have not been able to find a replacement! Any idea of where I can find a replacement?
Thanks,
ApplianceNovice

 

[tomturbomatic]

What you would have to do is find the wattage of the oven on the product label located somewhere on the oven then buy a 120 volt open coil heating element of that wattage and stretch it to fit the oven heater's configuration, BUT I will warn you that these appliances were insulated with ASBESTOS, so you might not want to go into it and risk the exposure.

 

[rp2813]

How old is your roaster?  Is the heating element accessible?

 

I have a post-war model that had a break in the nichrome element.  I did exhaustive searching and concluded that replacement elements simply don't exist.  I repaired mine using brass wire, some borax paste, and a blow torch.

 

Asbestos isn't dangerous until you start ripping it apart.

 

Here's a link to the thread that contains information about my repair.  You'll have to scroll down a ways.  Unfortunately, because it was in the "Super" forum, the pictures aren't displaying anymore.  I can post pictures for you if you're interested in making this repair.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?44066