GE Radiant Heating Element 5.5 Inch (WB30T10145)

The GE Radiant Heating Element 5.5 Inch is the surface burner coil that sits beneath the glass-ceramic cooktop on your electric range and generates heat by passing electricity through a resistive element. When you turn a burner knob, this element heats up and transfers that heat through the glass surface to your cookware above.

The GE Radiant Heating Element 5.5 Inch can fail from repeated heating and cooling cycles that cause the coil to crack or burn out, as well as damage from spills that seep beneath the cooktop surface. Age and heavy daily use can also weaken the element over time, leading to uneven or complete loss of heat at that burner position.

These symptoms can help you decide if a faulty radiant heating element is causing your problem:

- Burner does not heat up at all when turned on

- Burner heats unevenly or only partially across the cooking surface

- Visible cracks, breaks, or burn marks on the element coil

- Burner takes much longer than usual to reach cooking temperature

- Surface indicator light stays on but burner produces no heat

- Burning smell or discoloration around one specific burner zone