Is it worth the investment

[kindalazy]

We have poor energy service, surges/spikes etc. which wreaks havoc on our electronics. A whole home surge protector is to be installed next week.

I do a lot of cooking, and the range took a hit. It's a kitchenaid, model ykesc307hw8, electric. First, both oven lights went out. It wasn't the bulbs. The technician said it was a control board. Now, the maxi broiler setting only partly works, the outer coil heats up, but the inner one doesn't. As well, the temperature probe stopped working.

Is this worth fixing, I imagine it's gonna cost like $400 - $500, or should I just buy a new range?

Cheers.

 

[maytagbear]

Do you like it?

This is just my opinion! If you like it, I'd say repair it, if you're indifferent about it, or don't like it, get a new (old?) range.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[whirlcool]

After the whole house surge protector is installed, you shouldn't have any more problems.
In 2008 we a had a power surge that took out our microwave and stove at the same time. We replaced them with newer and better ones. The originals were Kenmore BOL stuff and we went with more of a upper MOL replacements. We are kind of out in the country and the power system isn't as stable as it is in town.

 

[kindalazy]

Country power...

We are in the country as well, power sux BIG time. Generator seems to make things worse, takes about 10 minutes before all power is restored to proper levels. Total brown out before 10 minutes.

Yes, I LOVE the stove, very capable when it worked, but I have my heart set on a 4 burner, Wolf dual fuel, and need to to justify to hubby the more than 5x extra cost. The selling feature of the dual fuel is that I could still use the burners when the power is off.

By the way, my motto is: easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. But, I'd like to be practical.

I could justify fixing the range if you guys think I could get 10 more years out of the kitchenaid, then go for big 8 burner Wolf at that time, as a renovation would be required about then.

Cheers!

 

[petek]

I would not spend $400-$500 repairing it. I have the similar KA but with the controls on the backsplash, not the drop in style and I do love it . But the first one the led elements in the clock went out, some of them so you could never tell the time.. We left it when we moved.. I found the same range again when we moved here for $200 at Habitat and it seems to be working fine so far except sometimes when the ovens heated up the oven lights won't come on when you open the door or use the swich.. once it cools down it's fine. ..with all the probs yours has I'd ditch it..
I just hate to get rid of mine eventually because I really really like that oven probe.

 

[DADoES]

 
I don't know if they take Canadian jobs, but there's an outfit FixYourBoard.com that I used to repair my parents' Whirlpool wall oven's control board.  The board is NLA from Whirlpool.  FixYourBoard.com charges a fixed-rate (varies per board) to test and repair whatever all may be wrong with the board and covers the repair with a two-year warranty.

 

[kindalazy]

What about this option?

Okay, the cooktop works fine, the oven WAY sub-par, but it would serve well as is as a second oven. What if for economic sake, I were to consider buying a good, say, Miele, or Wolf single built in oven, and leaving the range as is, no servicing? The oven, cabinets, and electrical would cost as much as a new range, to build in, and I'd have a couple of ovens?