MM wrote:
Yesterday I switched on the main oven to warm up for ten minutes, went
upstairs and did some Hoovering. Suddenly, all plug sockets in the
whole house are dead. I inspect the consumer unit and the main RCD
switch is thrown. Popped it back up and all the sockets are back
working. But since then the main oven doesn't get even warm. It's not
working. The *fan* still works, as does the light, and the top
oven/grill is also unaffected.

Element?

How much if I get the Hotpoint service agent to fix it? (estimate)

The DY46X is approximately 4 years old.

(A new unit is "only" around £350.)

MM
Certainly sounds like the lelement and this is uk.d-i-y...

New element £21.99 from he

http://www.espares.co.uk/parts/cooke...2/808/0/432928

also, compatible non-Hotpoint version at £7.50

Don't know how much Hotpoint would charge to fit...