Indesit electric cooker element faulty??

[daveinmanc]

Hi Folks,

I have the above cooker (Indesit FI31KBIX GB) which last night seemed to trip the consumer unit a couple of times, the penny didn’t drop at first until I noticed the oven hadn’t warmed up properly in the twenty minutes I’d left it running as I was making a pie!

Turning it off and on again, the fan then kicked in straight away and it was off like a good ‘un, and upon searching the net and using a bit of common, my brain tells me that’s going to be the element, not the fan, as the fan kicked in once the element had a ‘good circuit’ and power was flowing?

I’ve tracked some down on eBay for about £11, was thinking of taking the cover off and having a nosey to sort of confirm first, should I be able to see some fairly obvious signs of ‘damage’ and is my thinking/theory about the fan correct?

Thanks in advance, Dave.

[kwatt]

Re: Indesit electric cooker element faulty??

Probably the element, should be this one:

http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/in14100-fan-oven-element

But, could also be the cooling fan or control stat as that will only power up when it reaches 75?C.

Stat here:

http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/c0008159 … thermostat

Cooling fan not so much of an issue… usually.

Any of them going to earth or shorting would cause your RCD to trip out.

K.

[daveinmanc]

Re: Indesit electric cooker element faulty??

Thank you very much for the prompt reply, much appreciated, I’ll order one through the site in that case 😉

Just took the outer part off but it doesn’t ‘look’ that bad, but without testing it means nothing I know, for the sake of a tenner I’ll just change it……

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