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Re: Electrolux EOB944 – oven trips circuit breaker

I’ve been disconnecting various components to try and see if I can stop it from tripping the RCD. Disconnecting the elements didn’t have any effect but when the oven fan motor was disconnected the oven stayed on.

Is it a safe assumption that the motor is the problem, or could disconnecting it also disable some other component on, say, the main PCB that could be the faulty bit? I’m hoping not, as it would be great to have finally got to the bottom of this!

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Re: Electrolux EOB944 – oven trips circuit breaker

Just been mulling this over…

I don’t have access to – or even know what to do with – a megger. If I were to remove the oven element and switch the oven on, then heat the cutout thermostat with, say, a soldering iron to see if the RCD trips, would that be a suitable way to see if the thermostat is the problem?

[eastevenson]

Re: Electrolux EOB944 – oven trips circuit breaker

The element measures 24 ohms so I’m guessing that it’s OK (it’s rated 230V/2.2kW).

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Re: Electrolux EOB944 – oven trips circuit breaker

Thanks for your reply.

I know how to check the element but how do I check the cutout and the wiring (I have a multimemter)?

This oven has been out of action for a couple of years and I thought I ought to get it going again. IIRC the oven element blew and the current one is its replacement. I don’t think that it has had any real use because it started cutting out after it was replaced. As I say, it was a couple of years ago so I’m not 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} sure.

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