Hi,

I, sorry my wife was using the electric fan oven the other day and heard a
load crack and the electric tripped for the cooker, at the fuse board.
I re set the electric and everything is working, but not correctly.
The oven light and fan come on and the only way to turn them off is to set the
timer to auto. If you set the timer to manual the fan and light come back on.
As for the element, this works ok. You can turn it on / off as normal, and it
heats up.
I would be grateful for any suggestions if anyone has seen this problem
before.
Thanks

"Cyberdog" wrote in message
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Hi,

I, sorry my wife was using the electric fan oven the other day and heard a
load crack and the electric tripped for the cooker, at the fuse board.
I re set the electric and everything is working, but not correctly.
The oven light and fan come on and the only way to turn them off is to set
the
timer to auto. If you set the timer to manual the fan and light come back
on.
As for the element, this works ok. You can turn it on / off as normal, and
it
heats up.
I would be grateful for any suggestions if anyone has seen this problem
before.
Thanks

Hi Cyber, it sounds as though your heating element has shorted to earth and
welded the control switch contacts, not a very common event, but I have seen
it happen many times.
Switch off the cooker at the mains and remove the cover of the element you
can usually see where a hole has burned in the outer protective skin,
usually accompanied by white insualtion residue

H.T.H

Ian Tilley

Cyberdog wrote:
Hi,

I, sorry my wife was using the electric fan oven the other day and heard a
load crack and the electric tripped for the cooker, at the fuse board.
I re set the electric and everything is working, but not correctly.
The oven light and fan come on and the only way to turn them off is to set the
timer to auto. If you set the timer to manual the fan and light come back on.
As for the element, this works ok. You can turn it on / off as normal, and it
heats up.
I would be grateful for any suggestions if anyone has seen this problem
before.
Thanks

If the on/off switch wont switch off, then the on/off switch is faulty.
As said, check element too.

NT

On 31 May 2006 02:11:15 -0700, wrote:

If the on/off switch wont switch off, then the on/off switch is faulty.
As said, check element too.

The on/off switch will turn the element on and off, but not the light and fan.
The element heats up as normal.

"Cyberdog" wrote in message
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On 31 May 2006 02:11:15 -0700, wrote:

If the on/off switch wont switch off, then the on/off switch is faulty.
As said, check element too.

The on/off switch will turn the element on and off, but not the light and
fan.
The element heats up as normal.

The temperature switch is different from the power switch, depending on the
model, it can be attached to the oven switch or separate, either way it is
clearly the switch contacts that have welded. You would still do well to
check the element, even though it is working as this is a common point of
failure.

Ian Tilley

On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:36:12 GMT, "Shrek-the-Ogre" ian.tilley@gmailDOTcom
wrote:

The temperature switch is different from the power switch, depending on the
model, it can be attached to the oven switch or separate, either way it is
clearly the switch contacts that have welded. You would still do well to
check the element, even though it is working as this is a common point of
failure.
I rang a repair engineer who said much the same as you. That it sounds like
the thermostat has gone faulty. He is coming out tomorrow, as I can`t see
anything obvious.