GE Appliances WB30T10074 Range Coil Surface Element, 8-in

My stove is 23 yrs old and the grate tips were rusting out where it gets inserted into the heating element. I had to bend them to fit back in and knew one day they would snap off and be dead. I researched and read the reviews and bottom line was don't go with the cheap ones get the genuine OEM and also 1 big tip was to make sure the "long arm on the grate" matches your existing one...and that's that! Works great!

We had purchased a "Off-Brand" 8" replacement burner for a local hardware store but it just would not heat up like the other original burners that had came with our stove over 20 years ago. Looking on Amazon, we found this like for like replacement GE WB30T10074 Electric Range Surface Element and decided to take a chance and spend the extra money to replace the defective burner. So glad we did, the difference was immediately noticed! Once received and plugged into the stove top outlets, the new burner heat up just as fast as the other 3 original GE Surface Elements. This was a case for us that spending a little more money for the original manufacturer was completely worth it.

Old burner was literally bending and caving in on itself. Once I installed this brand new one holy moly I’ve been missing out! I am able to get water to a rolling boil in a much shorter amount of time. I almost feel like the performance is increased where the burner gets hotter than it ever could!Great burner feels quality.

The GOOD: This 8 inch range coil is of excellent quality. The coil is very flat, and securely attached to the frame by steel “ears” that grab the coil rigidly, like my original coil, and UNLIKE the several prior ones from other Amazon suppliers, that were lightly built, rattled (!), and in which the coil and frame were connected by loose strips of very thin metal just wrapped over the coil. Watch out – some other store's coils in the Amazon listing also showed the steel ears attachment, but on arrival, were the flimsy type. The frame fits perfectly.This coil is from the “GE Store”, $30.92, about twice the price of some crummy ones, but still not “expensive”, and well worth the price. The inside plastic bag states “GE WB30T10074 – SURFACE ELEMENT.” And “Mexico.” The packing slip says the same.BUT, the coil ends to the plug were about ½ inch too short, and were too thin, being just folded-back metal. They could not be grabbed by the plug contacts. Our GE range is Model JCP 68-0W2WH, bought 1981. Perhaps the new coil were designed for later versions of slightly different dimensions?Fixing this was hard. I cut the link between the coil ends. Then put one end carefully into a heavy vice as close to the coil as possible, while wrenching on the extended coil end forcefully but carefully to stretch out the bend enough. Then repeat on the other. Then test in the stove. Then mess around a bit more ... Impossible to visualize this without having the coil in your hands. I also widened to contacts to about 3/16 inch by splitting the folded end, pounding a chisel into the slot, which obligingly opened readily.Then, it works. However the coil glowed brilliantly red, versus the dull red we were used to. I found that the resistance of this new coil was 20 Ohms, versus 28 Ohms in the old. Thus this coil is (28/20) squared, or about 40% more powerful than the last. Will it burn our prematurely? Maybe, but at least now it boils tea water in a zip!

This burner is supposed to be same as the original part it was to replace.The metal strut, "arms", or whatever the 3 silver-color supports are called, under the burner coilsimply are too short.And there are no notches to securely hold the coils in place.Also, inserting this coil into the plug-in receptacle for it shows how crappy this thing is.First, I had to slightly turn the blades of the coil to just be straight.THE BLADES ARE AT AN ANGLE. Also, ONE OF THE BLADES IS BENT TOWARD THE OTHER ONE.I use a lot of tools in woodworking, so I know my way around things.So, after making the blades as correct as possible, and plugging in the coil burner,the coil unit will not sit flat, it angles up. This is the coil structure.AND THE ARMS UNDER THE COIL ARE TOO SHORT TO CORRECTLY FIT INTO THE BURNER PAN.This is useless.I went to another company to order a replacement made by a different manufacturer.I can see is has the notches and the "arms" seem to be the correct length.What really ticks me off is that the words stamped on the center disc are the exact same asthe original burner. Meaning, it is supposed to be an original manufacturer replacement.Its garbage.Hopefully the folks making secondary market replacements have it right.They look right; fingers crossed.

Really nice and Great item for price, only thing, i wish the prongs were protected but cardboard or foam... with tape. There wad a hole in box where prongs busted through then the box was way thicker than the coil, so the bottom side box was smashed in too. Other wise works as advertised, but for how long, that is yet to be determined.

The one I received was a genuine GE part and works perfectly. It's nice to have a burner that actually gets red and hot again.

Installation was super easy. Pop out the old one, pop in the new one.I paid the premium price that this cost for the genuineness and quality. The logo in the middle matches with all my original ones, so it was worth the price to me.