Oven was tripping the breakers, but now is working fine?

[Harry Clarke]

Hello,

My partner was using the oven and she reported than when it was at temperature for a while, the electricity tripped. It then tripped every time she turned it on. I found this to be the case on my return home. I thought I’d try and test each element in order to see if it was just one element causing the fault. I tried the grill, electricity tripped.
I turned it onto oven elements (no fan) and nothing happened. I let it get up to temperature a bit, all fine. Max temperature, still fine. Switched it to fan, fine. I then tried every mode and it is still fine! Has the fault fixed itself? Is it likely to reoccur? Should I get an expert to diagnose it?

Thanks,

[electrofix]

depends on the cooker but if one of the elements is not used very often it can get damp and trip until it dries out

could also be a bad connection in the connection to the cooker, faulty switch, loose connection etc

Dave

[Harry Clarke]

Thanks for the advice.

I used the oven for about an hour before it tripped the breaker again. Even when turned off (still hot) it kept tripping. Would this suggest it’s the element?

Thanks

[electrofix]

most likely the element

Dave

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