Replacing a broken oven element

[AdamW]

My parents lovely AEG oven decided that a show of fireworks would liven up the grilling of sausages yesterday... on closer examination it would seem the element at the top of the oven has burned through (hence the sparks). Amazingly, no fuses blew!

Now comes the joy of repairing. Is replacing an oven element a simple job? How do they fit? The reason I ask is that if it is a matter of a pushfit connection then it is tempting to try it ourselves. There is no way we will touch it until certain of how to do it.

Funnily enough there is nothing in the manual or on the internet on how to do this, so I suspect it is a little more involved than that!

Luckily we have a ServiceForce (the Electrolux Group service centres) nearby, so if it is a DIY job then parts should be easy to come by. If it isn't a DIY job then it should be relatively painless to get these guys to do it. Of course, true to Sod's Law, it is 3 months out of warranty!

Oh, I did a search to see if anyone else had asked this, but the only one I could find was someone who seemed to have already started the job and then got stuck when they found white fluffy stuff in the back of the oven!

 

[masona]

Is replacing an oven element a simple job? How do they fit? The reason I ask is that if it is a matter of a pushfit connection then it is tempting to try it ourselves. There is no way we will touch it until certain of how to do it.

I have done one last year, don't know if they're all the same but mine was 2 nut/bolts at the back of the oven then unplug the push fit electrical connection. I then took the element to the electrical appliance spares shop from them to test it and for model part number and guess what, there was nothing wrong with the element They wanted £49 if I needed a new element ! So get them to test the element before buying one.

 

[breezer]

you can test the element yourself with a multi meter

 

[masona]

What wrong with with a neon tester screwdriver

 

[breezer]

What wrong with with a neon tester screwdriver

although you jest, you can use a m m while the element is "dead" which is safer than you being dead

 

[AdamW]

Oh, this element is totally frazzled! It has actually blown right through the electrical insulation around it. Definitely needs replacing!

Of course some might say that an element should last longer than 15 months, especially on a £900 oven... the AEG shop were pretty shocked that this should happen, they don't even stock elements for this particular oven yet! Will be a special order, which means a few weeks without a grill.