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Will a stove still work if one of the burners isn't connected?

Decided to clean my stove but had difficulty removing one of the coils. After a lot of work, it finally came out but now I cannot reconnect it. Will the other ones still work if I just leave this one off? Please be kind, I'm a young adult that was never really taught about this stuff haha.

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katielass · F

yes, but try again. Sometimes the coils can be difficult to put back in but it should go in. Look in there and you will see the outlet type thing where you plug it in. Most of them plug in like anything else you plug in.

GivingUpGhosts · 26-30, F

@katielass It took me nearly ten minutes just to disconnect it and now the little thing it is suppose to hook into is kinda just dangling outside the...I don't know what to call it. Coil box? I am so not house wife material haha.

katielass · F

@GivingUpGhosts oh well, it might be ok but there is likely a problem with that one. I wouldn't try to reconnect that one then. Leave that one out but the other burners should still work as they are each on their own connector whatever you call it. Don't feel bad, we all have to learn these things. You want to hear something stupid? I once had to have an electrician out to check our stove because all of a sudden nothing worked. Turns out when I cleaned it real good, removed all the knobs and stuff, I flipped a little switch I didn't even notice and it turned the power off to the stove. $75 for that lesson. My defense is I was only 18.