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Inevitable "HELP, my oven's bust!" Xmas thread...
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22/12/2015 10:26
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HELP, my oven's bust!
Spent several hours cleaning the bloody thing yesterday and, on the basis of no good deed going unpunished, when MrsC switched it on yesterday, it tripped the main house circuit breaker. Now, the fan comes on, but no heat. Google suggests blown heater element, but can anyone suggest alternative solutions?
Naturally, I'm at Stansted waiting to collect my daughters this morning, so a little limited in how much I can do until this afternoon.
If it's the element, how easy are they to buy in person, rather than online? The oven is a Bosch...
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Re: Inevitable "HELP, my oven's bust!" Xmas thread...
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22/12/2015 11:06
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Not sure how easy to buy in person, Jim, but generally very easy to change
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Re: Inevitable "HELP, my oven's bust!" Xmas thread...
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You'll likely find that it's a 'standard' element that would fit a number of different models/brands and not just your specific oven - least that's what I found when I changed mine a few months ago.
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Re: Inevitable "HELP, my oven's bust!" Xmas thread...
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Eventually got the element, the old one had fused together, so it was definitely to blame. Reassembly was trouble-free and all went swimmingly. A couple of hours later, my back was still sore from self-patting, when the lights went off as the circuit breaker blew again.
After resetting it, I nervously switched the oven on again and - to my surprise, it seems to work, though the light has blown. However, I can see the element glowing red behind the protective plate, which I'm sure it never did before.
Oh well, we'll either be eating roast duck or duck curry, depending on oven performance...
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Re: Inevitable "HELP, my oven's bust!" Xmas thread...
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24/12/2015 10:31
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Wow they must work by alchemy then and not just chemistry. Hope your goose gets cooked ok, maybe you should try today so there's still time to buy the curry in if it fails?
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