Princess Ranges

[concorde mike]

What's up with my stove?? I can't seem to get water to boil. 1990 Mariner with the 3 burner princess range. I've had this stove in several boats with no issues.

 

[32carv]

Propane or electric?
Jim

 

[concorde mike]

Electric... I've never had an issue with them but it took an hour to boil water this evening.

 

[jmeirhofer]

Did you try each of the burners with the same result on all? If it is localized to one burner, the knob or rheostat for that burner may be going. If it is the same on all burners you may need a new one.

 

[pdecat]

Check line voltage

 

[kthoennes]

Ours was doing that too, the burner only got lukewarm. I polished the contact forks with fine emery paper and steel wool, still lukewarm. I finally decided to overhaul the whole thing, but the first thing I did was replace the safety switch toward the back that turns off the burners if the lid is down. It's a very common problem, apparently those safety switches fail like crazy. It's just an on/off switch so there's no way it would just be "half-off" and act like a resistor for the current to the burner -- but what do you know, I replaced the switch and all the burners glowed red again. Don't ask me why, makes no sense. (A lot of owners just take that switch out and wire directly I know, but I'm kind of a fanatic about original function.)