Cooker And Oven Forum

Hi after some advice please on my diplomat aba4540 oven . It has developed a fault, the oven will heat up for aprox 3-5 mins then trip the rcd, the oven is getting hot and have checked continuity on the element, have checked continuity on everything to earth also and iam getting nothing , fan is working also, iam thinking could be a fault with fan after running for the short space of time? Could anyone help me please thank you

It will be the fan oven element it will need a new element.

Bob

I tested it though buddy was getting around 20 ohms ? Is there 2 ? What made you say element also as the oven was getting hot before tripping ?
Thanks j

Hi

You need to check the element for earthing fault, with a Megger or other type of insulation tester.Its the only way, a multimeter is no good for checking for earth faults.

Washman

As the element heats up it expands and the element can then short to earth with an insulation fault.