Electric Range tripping Breakers?

Question

Have had same GE all electric range for 12 yrs. Now, it is tripping the breakers w/ oven & 2 burners on. Why?

Answer 1

Check the element.  

Answer 2

shut off the breaker to the stove.  then pull the stove out of the wall.  Now unplug it.(I know) the breaker is off, but somehow there is still juice there.     Now look at the oven wires    10-1 you will find a broken wire.  Just hook it back together.  Good for another 10 years.

Answer 3

May be your breaker has gotten weak.If you can, measure the amps drawn by the stove if it is less than breaker ampacity then get a new breaker.If not find out why.

Answer 4

Try replacing the affected circuit breaker.  They can wear out over time.  If the same thing happens with a new breaker you should have a professional check the wiring for the circuit your oven is running on.  Especially the outlet.  

Answer 5

maybe its the range, it also could be the breaker.

Answer 6

There is either too much draw and tripping the breaker or a bad breaker. Check for corroded elements. Obviously, the check must be done when the oven is unplugged. Take the element out of its sockets and inspect all the connecting area. If you cannot find anything here and want to keep trying, try replacing the breaker and trying the oven. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Your description sure sounds load related to me.

That says a weak breaker.

If it was a short or other problem with the range it would likely do it with only the affected (bad) burner.

It is possible that with a high enough draw it cause some problem where you have a bad connection and it is grounding out, like in the outlet. But that would be far more rare than a weak breaker.

Often when a breaker has a bad contact in it, it will heat when used. It is the heat that trips a breaker. Sometimes it will feel warm.

On occasion when running I can even hear the breaker "sizzling", arcing a little bit. That also tells me they are bad.  

Good Luck.