Are electric stove elements Universal?

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asked Nov 3, 2020 in Maintenance/Repairs by 2bidgdade (550 points)
Are electric stove elements Universal?

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answered Nov 3, 2020 by Shawn (99,990 points)
Electric Stove Heating Elements are Universal for most brands of electric stoves.

Most brands of electric stoves use the same sizes and same heating elements as other brands of electric stoves do.

The heating element just lifts out from the stove top and unplugs.

You then just plug the new heating element into the plug that connects to it and set it down in the drip pan.

Most oven heating elements are the same size and same heating element too.

However it would be good to have your model number and brand of stove written down just to make sure your stove does not use a different heating element.

Although for most stoves the heating elements and oven elements are the same thing.

All electric stove drip pans are the same size for all brands of electric stoves.

The only size difference is on each burner on the stove.

The stoves burner drip pans are different sizes for each one but you can usually buy a set of 3 or 4 electric stove drip pans for your stove.

That way you have all the same size as well.

You buy electric stove drip pans at appliance stores, online and even at Dollar General and Walmart.

I got a set of electric stove drip pans for my stove at Dollar General for $12.00 which was pretty cheap.

I like to have an extra set so I can just remove the dirty ones and replace with clean ones while I wash the dirty drip pans.

It's good to have 2 sets of stove drip pans.

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