On Jul 26, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Mike S wrote:

> But that isn't enough - the heater may be burned out. You need to
> remove ALL AC power, switches off, etc. Then test the ohms through the
> heater rod. If it shows infinite, or very high, it's burned out. If
> it's good, it will definitely be under 1000 ohms (probably more like
> 100).

I just tested the ohms with the multimeter set at 2000.

Touched the removed heating rod at far ends and the reading was: 1.3 -
sometimes 54. Jumps around then settles down to around 1.6

Not sure how to interpret this. Can you clarify?

thanks,

Thomas