Product review (5 stars): one side was fine, but the other side would continue to steadily ...
This review is for a Whirlpool Accubake oven. The bake burner and the broiler would not light, but the stove top would light. I pulled the gas valve off of the back of the oven and took an ohm reading between the 3 plugs. From the common to bake and from the common to broil, one side was fine, but the other side would continue to steadily rise in resistance. In case you don't have your wiring diagram, the common is the one in the middle and bake and broil are the first and third plugs. First side read .201 ohms, second side went from 0 to .780 ohms. As the wiring diagrams states, "if one side malfunctions, neither side will work"...that's true. Got the new valve in one day (paid the extra 5 bucks and totally worth it). Both sides read apporx .186 ohms. Installed new valve and oven fired right up. I did take the time to remove the igniters and perform a continuity test on them and got an audible on both igniters, so they were not the cause. I also did clean them up a little while I had everything apart with some fine grit sand paper and they work as they should. Wife is happy again. Super easy to remove and install, if you don't have an ohm meter, but the symptoms are the same, it's probably the same problem.