Jennair Cooktop Cartridges

Jennair Cooktop Cartridges

Don Freeland -- Monday, 22 October 2001, at 11:13 a.m.

I have an older model Jennair cooktop that takes cartridges with four prongs. I recently purchased some three prong cartridges that don't work exactly right.

Due to the missing prong, the front burner only works if the back burner is on. Is the wiring on the three prong units such that one side of each burner is "hot" if either unit is turned on? If that's the case, some simple rewiring of the burner controls to join the L2 switched leads should solve the problem.

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Dan O. -- Monday, 22 October 2001, at 4:46 p.m.

: If that's the case, some simple rewiring of the burner
: controls to join the L2 switched leads should solve
: the problem.

I don't know about that but the new cartridge's wiring should be able to be changed to be the way the original one was by comparing the two. If you can't replace the missing terminal using one from the original cartridge, they are available for purchase separately.

Dan O.

Jenn-Air Cartridge Blade

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jeff -- Monday, 22 October 2001, at 7:37 p.m.

: the new cartridge's wiring should be able to be changed
: to be the way the original one was by comparing
: the two. If you can't replace the missing terminal
: using one from the original cartridge, they are available
: for purchase separately.

Hi all,

We do this all the time...remove one of the old cartridges prongs and add it with wiring changes to the new 3 prong cartridge to make it a 4 prong...this is the best repair!!

jeff.

Appliance Repair Aid

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don freeland -- Monday, 22 October 2001, at 10:58 p.m.

Thanks everyone.. I think I'll try to reconfigure the cartridge. That sounds like the best plan. Hope the terminals aren't too hard to deal with.

Don