smeg DI612CA1 goes pop again

[zakado]

my original post was this

I have a Smeg DI612CA1 when you close the door to start the cycle
it starts up and 30 seconds later it blows the Fuse in the wall plate and trips the circuit and leaves the aroma of burnt fuse
any ideas

that turned out to be a short at the heating element caused by a hungry mouse

now its doing it again only after 5 mins and no sign of shorting or mice the only noticeable thing is the element is not warm

any ideas
thanks in advance
George

[andyjawa]

Re: smeg DI612CA1 goes pop again

now its doing it again only after 5 mins and no sign of shorting or mice the only noticeable thing is the element is not warm
Since it took out the trip AND the fuse and now still doesn`t heat if I read you right. Possible that 1) element u/s. 2) it blew the printed circuit board in the facia panel- quite likely. 3)the little nibbler has eaten something else, 4) the suppessor has blown up- quite common also-the suppessor is where the mains cable comes in to the chassis at the back of the machine from memory on your model. Always Power off to check the machine over. You`ll need a multimeter to read through the heating element to check continuity/resistance i.e.ohms and to earth whereas a blown up track in the pcb should be obvious. Best of luck George.

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