Electric stove surface temperature control...

[Externet]

Hi.
Stove surface 'burners' temperature controls have a small heating element and a bimetal switch inside. That is how they maintain a temperature, by the duty cycle.

But there is several wattage 'burner' coils. If the contacts in the control can handle higher wattage, are they useable for low and high power 'burners' ?
In other words, can any control of that type work with large and small 'burners' ?

http://cdn.instructables.com/FZC/T05W/H ... MEDIUM.jpg

[Lenp]

I think the answer is yes as long as the switch rating is not exceeded. They use a current sensing bimetal that has no connection to the actual heating element. As such different wattage elements would be different temperatures at the same control setting. These controls are not marked in actual degrees but are marked arbitrarily like from Low...to...High.

[Externet]

I just found series and parallel to load heating elements inside the 'infinity' swiches:

----> http://www.electrical-forensics.com/Ele ... ic4-Hi.jpg

Top schematic ----> http://www.appliancerepair.net/images/4-C.gif

Would also be a yes ?