Sarena Oven heating issues

[danny wheeler]

need some advice, I have a sarena sk312x and for some reason both my ovens are taking a long time to heat up, I have a fan oven and a conventional oven too, all elements appear to be working, but both ovens are taking nearly 30 mins to get to 180, once there thermostats seem to be doing the right thing turning elements on and off when needed, just takes a long time to get there.
ive done the following tests
VAC test tracing power supply right through the oven from mains to elements, all elements receiving 240v
continuity test on all elements, along with a resistance test
main oven element – 32ohms
conventional oven top element – 84ohms
conventional oven bottom element – 52ohms
I have realised I didn’t test the top element in the main oven but im not sure ive ever used it, does it come on in initial oven heating stage? I know the conventional uses both to heat up then just one to maintain the heat.
continuity test on all wiring circuits, only thing I cant figure out is the oven safety thermostats cant get a continuity reading from either but I am not completely sure how they work, plus my ovens are not over heating so im assuming they are redundant till then? plus my ovens are still heating which im thinking if they were faulty they wouldn’t do that?

ive used oven thermometers to assess the thermostats and they are not to bad when oven finally gets there, main oven is about 10 degrees out and conventional is spot on.

any ideas? im a bit stuck?

[Martin]

Re: Sarena Oven heating issues

I’ve not seen a Sarena oven before but any fan oven should heat to 180 within 5 minutes. Is the fan working? And that top oven element you haven’t checked may also be a factor here.

[danny wheeler]

Re: Sarena Oven heating issues

thanks for reply ive done further testing today and although they are passing the tests electrically some of the elements are not making it to glowing red, do all elements get to this stage, bake and broil?

[Martin]

Re: Sarena Oven heating issues

Only the grill element and possibly the fan element will glow red on the full heat setting. Otherwise whilst all will get extremely hot they would not normally glow.

[Storming]

Re: Sarena Oven heating issues

Hello, I’m researching the same problem with the Sarena SK312X. Can I ask if you found a solution to the problem? Also, do you by any chance know any way I can purchase (printed copy or download) an instruction manual for this cooker? (I’ve tried all the usual searches to no avail) Thank you so much, Storm

[admin]

Re: Sarena Oven heating issues

Hi

The sarena grill does NOT glow red as it’s thermostat controlled

Bryan

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