Oven Fuses
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:00am
Every time we put our oven on it blows the fuses, but the hob works fine,
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:14am
Very helpful member
Sounds like a dodgy earth.
Get an electrician to check it for you.
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:39am
Super helpful member
Most probably the oven's heating unit has a shortcut and needs to be replaced, which needs only elementary mechanical skills and less than 30 mins. and some 10,- for the unit. Be prepared to learn from a "specialist" that your oven is outdated and not worth being repaired. Selling you a new one means more money for less work or no work at all..
"Sounds like a dodgy earth" least likely problem, listen to killjoy although "less than 30 minutes and €10 for the unit" might be a tad on the optimistic side especially when some would rather chance it with crappy UK travel adapters than even attempt to change a plug !
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:16pm
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Movingon wrote on Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:07pm:
"Sounds like a dodgy earth" least likely problem, listen to killjoy although "less than 30 minutes and €10 for the unit" might be a tad on the optimistic side especially when some would rather chance it with crappy UK travel adapters than even attempt to change a plug !
We had exactly the same problem when we bought our place (if you had the oven on with pretty much any other appliance, the breaker tripped) & it was a dodgy earth.
Took a qualified spark about 30 seconds to diagnose & rectify it.
He didn't even charge me.
(Still gave him a tenner though because that's how I am.)
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:38pm
Legendary helpful member
If you've been absent from the house for any length of time, and it was working OK before you left, then it might just be damp allowing the live to leak to earth.
What's tripping - the circuit breaker, the earth leakage breaker/residual current device, or the meter?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:54pm
Very helpful member
If your competent, It might be worth checking the ovens heating element/s, check to see if one area is burnt or broken, please remember to isolate first to avoid electrocution. new elements can be bought on-line from £5.00 in the UK, what price in Spain? good luck and work safe, electricity is a silent killer as you can not see it, smell it or hear it, so be warned.
Volvolady wrote on Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:00am:
Every time we put our oven on it blows the fuses, but the hob works fine,
Hi Volvolady, lots of confusing and conflicting advice given here . Some informed and relevant, and some completely ill informed and quite irrelevant.
Please supply more detailed explanation of the issue in order to be guided towards your best plan of action.
LeckyLes
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:31pm
LeckyLes wrote on Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:37pm:
Hi Volvolady, lots of confusing and conflicting advice given here . Some informed and relevant, and some completely ill informed and quite irrelevant.
Please supply more detailed explanation of the issue in order to be guided towards your best plan of action.
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LeckyLes
We have had it all sorted now thank you
Volvolady wrote on Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:31pm:
We have had it all sorted now thank you
Brilliant 👍
Thanks for the update.
For the benefit of other members who may experience the same problem ,can you let us know the cause of the fault and its method of rectification
LeckyLes
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