Well I can finally say I wore out a burner with canning. I have a Jenn-Air slide in range with various cartridges giving me the ability to grill indoors, save energy for day to day cooking and coil cartridges for canning. I bought the heavy, reinforced burner element specifically for canning with my stove. Late last year I noticed it arching a bit but with a bit of a twist the arching stopped. I never thought much of of but when I mentioned it to my husband about a month ago he said that was dangerous and I should not have used the burner. I went online to order a new burner since I will be very busy canning especially tomatoes this time of year.
Pictured is the old burner to the right. The contacts on the old burner were seared and the insulation around them was definitely a deteriorated (arrow). More importantly the element itself was loose allowing movement over the reinforced base. The new burner does not move over the reinforced base. The problem really becomes the heavy canners themselves. It is hard to move a canner from the element without using a sliding motion. That sliding motion will eventually cause the entire burner to fail. The fact that the burner performed well for over 5 years is almost amazing considering how heavy the canners are. The new burner is in place and performing nicely. We are going to try being a bit more conscious of not sliding the caanners over the burner.
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