If one of your electric burners isn't heating, it could be a bad burner, a bad connection in the burner socket or a fault switch. To see if the problem is the burner, exchange the burner with one that you know works. If that burner wont heat, the problem is either the burner socket or the infinite switch. Connections in the burner socket can burn out and fail to provide power. If the prongs look burned, inspect the socket. If the socket looks charred or burner, replace it. Reminder, always unplug your electric range before working on it.
Replace The Switch
The knob you turn to control the burner temperature slides over the shaft of the infinite switch. If the switch burns out, your burner wont get power. Test the infinite switch if you know the burner and burner socket are good but the burner still wont heat. I removed the back panel to access the infinite switch. Your range may be different. With the range unplugged, test the switch with a multi meter set to RX-1. If the meter reading remains the same, the infinite switch should be replaced.
Best of luck repairing your burners!!
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