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Just wanted to thank you for your advice on the fuse situation. Today I tested the fuses and, yes, it was the COOKER that was tripping the fuse. So, there's a technician coming tomorrow to have a look at the oven. Much appreciated - as it was a Sunday, and no one to call. All the best,

Deborah

Glad you're getting it sorted out Deborah, it's amazing how quickly people can offer advice here.

So LeckyLes, here's a question for you.

I assume from your name you're a sparky even if you don't work in Spain.

I've never known an oven trip a breaker in the UK and I don't think I've ever heard of that happening either. They either work or they don't.

We had the same fault as Deborah which you offered the same great advice.

Why do ovens go faulty like this in Spain or is it just coincidence? 🤔

Deborah, that's a Brilliant result ! 

I am sorry your oven appears faulty, but pleased you have been able to isolate it from its Electrical supply and enabled the restoration of the rest of your household electrics.

I do hope the Technician manages to being your oven back into satisfactory use .

LeckyLes 

Hi Craig,

In answer to your question, yes indeed, in The UK, in Spain, or in any country, ovens and hobs etc can ,and do ,trip out their protective devices located at Consumer units ( fuse boxes).

Typical causes of fault vary from ' Short Circuit' , Earth leakage, or less common, 'Overload'.

Many older electrical Installations in The UK do not have Earth leakage protection ( Rcd ), included within the fusebox ( more recent installations do), therefore an earth leakage fault developing on, for instance, an oven will not necessarily 'trip' off the supply, which in some cases can be potentially dangerous.

In Spain , due to the difference in design of supply, there are many more properties which have earth leakage protection of their Electrics, as standard, therefore appliances which develop that form of earth leakage fault can 'trip off 'the earth leakage protection device at the fusebox (the Rcd), cutting off the electrical supply .

As a seperate issue , it is well known many people have a potencia capacity set at too low a level resulting in 'Overloading 'of the main protection circuit breaker ,or cut out trip at meter, when too many Electrical appliances are switched on at any one time. 

Ovens and hobs being quite heavily electrically loaded items are often the source of the eventual overload ,and in error, assumed to be faulty, when often it is the Capacity of supply from the Electricity supplier that requires uprating.

LeckyLes 

Silly thought lm sure, but you do know electric switches are 'UP' when on.   And 'DOWN' when off.  

In past times and on older installations ,the opposite was true, but the 'up'  for 'on' ,and 'down' for 'off' is now standard for modern circuit breakers in consumer units ( fuseboxes) , and main isolators, etc, so care is advised. Household switches on walls do not necessarily follow that principle and certainly not two way switches.

Always check the marked indicators on circuit breakers and if in doubt seek advice.

LeckyLes 

I was once a teacher and used to tell my students, there is no such thing as a stupid question.

No. I did  not know UP = on, and DOWN = off.

If no one ever tells us something, how would we know?

Thank you for stating what might be obvious to some :-)