Bill wrote:
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Tabby writes

I think I know what I'm doing next week!

disconnecting the earth & shorting the RCD?

Strangely enough I did consider this, just to get the element hot in the
hope it may remove the moisture that has probably built up. The oven is
about 15 years old, was used regularly for about 5 years and now only
once or twice every couple of years.

A new element is £35:00 so not dramatically expensive, would heating it
be a fix or just a temporary bodge or just a waste of time?


A dangerous waste of time. If warming the room above the dew point for a
few hours doesn't work, the moisture's inside the element or in the
switchgear, which means it's shot and in a dangerous condition.

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Tciao for Now!

John.