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OK. I’ll get round to testing it sometime in the next few days. If one isn’t being energised, and no obvious fixable reason for it, I guess a new ‘mode selector’ (or whatever it may be called) will be needed, if available. Thanks again for your help.
I checked it in oven mode – so top and at least one bottom element working OK. I guess the 86V element will be the one in series with the grill when in oven mode to reduce grill heat (reflecting voltage drop caused by grill element), and that the 230V lower element will also be energised in oven mode. So in oven mode, both lower elements should be energised…
Yes, Dave, the grill warms up in fan oven mode too.
The oven has a multitude of functions: fan, convection, grill, grill with fan and one I’m not sure about! (the symbol is an asterisk with a water-drop below it). I suppose the double element is to enable that wide range to be provided, though in what combination I can’t guess. Perhaps only one of the floor elements is being energised instead of both when set for fan/convection oven. That’s something I could test if I knew that both elements should be energised.Thanks for your help. The oven floor is heating up, but whether it’s one or both elements I can’t tell. Why are there 2 elements, and one rated at 86V, anyway?
I’ve removed and tested the element – it’s a double element unit. There’s no sign of physical damage and there’s continuity in each element though quite widely differing resistance. One element, marked 500W at 230V has a resistance of around 100 ohm, which adds up, the other which is marked 600W at 86V (rather surprisingly) has a resistance of around 13 ohms, which again is about right.
So, it looks like that double element is OK. The grill element works fine – as a grill at least.
Any other ideas about slow heating? Thanks.
