Slightly different 'oven not working' problem

[Niscars]

Oven is a John Lewis JLDUOS705 and the top oven works fine but the bottom oven is completely unresponsive - no heat / light or fan. The clock/timer appears to be working correctly but after much probing with a multimeter is still my prime suspect.
The suspect timer is here:

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• Niscars
• 5 Apr 2020

(Please ignore the circled brown wire for now) The single red wire runs from the empty spade connector on the far side of the timer directly to lower oven switch. There is no power on this wire no matter what the position of the lower oven switch. As a test, I connected the temporary brown wire (circled) from the disconnected red wire to the near side of the timer where two live brown wires connect. All worked fine!
So, despite an apparently working clock, it seems that the power doesn't cross from one side of the timer to the other.

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• Niscars
• 5 Apr 2020

Oven timer details

I have read plenty of posts online about bypassing the clock when it is not working but nothing specific to this situation. Can anybody tell me if I have missed something obvious and if not, can the brown wire safely be left in situ as a permanent fix?
Cheers,
Niscars

 

[mattylad]

Has the timer been set?
The lower oven will not work unless it is.
http://kitchen.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/john_lewis/jlduos705.html?p=12
Permanently connecting the lower oven supply to bypass the timer should be fine, it's often not worth the cost of a new timer for the use it gets.
Just ensure that its a good connection and not just a wire shoved inside the crimp - perhaps use a wago terminal/joint.

 

[Niscars]

Yes the timer is set. Initially, there was problem with it where it seemed to be locked into a cooking delay cycle but I have since managed to clear that and it seems to be running normally now (just not allowing power to the bottom oven).
Noted ref the connections - that was just to prove my theory and will be done better if that's the way I go.
Thanks,
Niscars