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I got called out to this today. I was told the main oven fan was working but not the element.
Now normally, we don't get to look at the back, unless it's the fan or thermostat.
But on this cheap piece of Beko $hite for some wonderful reason the element screws in from the back, and this is the lovely sight that I beheld: (It was me that unplugged the top element connecter).
The element was open circuit and had visible damage. The N wire is common to both over elements and the fan.
Could the faulty element cause the entirety of the thermal damage shown?
The occupant had also been flash frying food for years, my overshoes stayed behind when I tried to leave the space behind it!
So that is another factor, a coating of fat being heated up.
Thoughts welcome as I'm not convinced I want to change the element and put it back into service. Or am I over thinking it?
Now normally, we don't get to look at the back, unless it's the fan or thermostat.
But on this cheap piece of Beko $hite for some wonderful reason the element screws in from the back, and this is the lovely sight that I beheld: (It was me that unplugged the top element connecter).
The element was open circuit and had visible damage. The N wire is common to both over elements and the fan.
Could the faulty element cause the entirety of the thermal damage shown?
The occupant had also been flash frying food for years, my overshoes stayed behind when I tried to leave the space behind it!
So that is another factor, a coating of fat being heated up.
Thoughts welcome as I'm not convinced I want to change the element and put it back into service. Or am I over thinking it?