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Can anybody suggest what might be causing the following problem:
I switched on the fan oven which then ran for about 5 mins before taking out the main fuse with a large bang. On resetting the fuse the top oven and rings worked fine but as soon as I tried the fan oven – bang, out went the lights again. Next time I tried to use the cooker the main fuse blew as soon as I turned on a ring and on resetting the fuse it now blows as soon as I send power to the cooker.
I visually checked the wiring and no visible shorts, I’ve had a local repair guy out and he spent 1.5 hours going over it and reckoned that he could find nothing wrong with the cooker and advised it must be the wiring. I’ve checked the wiring from the consumer unit to the switch and thence to the wall terminal and that’s all ok.
This is driving me nuts.
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It sounds to me as if the fan element blew as this quite often takes the main fuse or trip with it.
As it’s blowing the trip every time now, it may well have damaged that by continuously switching the oven on.
Ask an electrician or an applinace engineer to attend to check this and the wiring with the correct test equipment he should be able to pinpoint the problem for you.
Dave.
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I did rather think it was the fan oven element that had blown in the first place but the appliance repair guy who came round reckons that it is fine. I’m not quite sure how he checked it as he never took it out of the oven. If it has damaged the circuit breaker would that be the one in the consumer unit or the one in the main switch?
Ian
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wiggy wrote: I’m not quite sure how he checked it as he never took it out of the oven.
You don’t need to really, you can check it from it’s connection terminals at the back of the oven.
wiggy wrote:If it has damaged the circuit breaker would that be the one in the consumer unit or the one in the main switch
Whichever one kept “tripping” when you were trying the oven I would think. Ask an electrician to test the circuit first though if you are confident the cooker is OK, he can also check the cooker for you while he’s there with his test equipment.
Dave.
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