fred wrote:
In article
, Simon Finnigan
writes
Hi all,
I've got an electric fan oven here. The element blew about 2 months ago,
which I changed myself easily after shutting down all the electrics in the
house (I don't like messing with 240V :-) ).

A few days ago it started making a rattling noise, which coincided with the
bulb inside blowing. I've not changed the bulb, but I've checked the
housing and it seems tight. The rattling noise seems to come from the fan
itself, but isn't constant. It's not shelves or similar (they are all
removable and the noise is still there once they've been taken out).

It's not the fan fouling on the element is it? The fan will move as it
heats up so the 'rattle' could well change. As these elements start
straight before being bend to shape they can take a bit of gentle bending
but bet you'll be out of comfort zone there ;-).

Deffinately not this - I had it running wit the metal shield off so I could
check for tha exact thing. I'm not at home now, but I've got memories that
the original element had a third screw bracket which the replacement
doesn't - it might be the element moving more than normal if you see what I
mean.