On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:38:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 9/6/2017 9:43 AM, KenK wrote:
Oven conked out while cooking yesterday. Found 240V breaker tripped. Reset
it and tried again, Breaker tripped again. Now to figure out if problem is
in the breaker or the oven. I'm hoping the breaker.

Can't figure out how to tell which without replacing the breaker. I'm
afraid I'm not strong enough any more to pry that old breaker out of the
box so I'll have to call an expensive electrician.

Hoping breaker more likely to trip if worn out than oven to short circuit -
I'd think oven heating element would open up instead, but what do I know?

Guesses? Suggestions? I'd like to get my oven back at a reasonable cost,

TIA



Rare that a breaker goes bad under normal circumstances. I'd bet on the
oven. When you said you tried it again, did you mean you turned the
oven on and it tripped again? If so, that would make it an oven, not
breaker problem.

Heating elements go bad on a regular basis. Sometimes they break, other
times they just short out. If you can get a good look at the element
you may even see the problem.

The element will only cost $20 to $30 and they are not difficult to
replace, but it may take more agility than you have. Figure about $100
for a service call if you go that route.
Unplug the oven and grab your multitester - check line to ground for
a short.