Oven won't turn on

PeteW

Hi,

We've got two ovens (instead of a double oven) and one of them has stopped working.

There is no heat/fan/light or anything. The element blew before but then the fan and light still worked so I don't think it's that.

There's a big red switch at the wall which turns off power to both ovens and the extractor fan/lights. My understanding was that the fuse was in there, so if it was the fuse that had blown, both ovens wouldn't work would they? Or have I misunderstood that?

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Cheers

Pete

Myser

You haven't mentioned the make and model of the oven?

If the switch controls both ovens and the extractor, it is unlikely to be the cause. It is unusual to have everything run off one switch isolator as they are usually on separate switch isolators.

It is unlikely that the switch isolator you have has a fuse as it is powering many appliances. High current handling switches are usually fused at your consumer unit.

Do you know if there are any sockets at the back of the ovens. Some electric ovens have a plug which contain a fuse.

PeteW

The oven is a Terim T06600SS. I've just pulled the oven out of its unit and it's plugged into a socket behind the wall. The fuse in the plug was blown, so I've replaced it and it still doesn't work.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Pete

macman

To state the obvious, the plug fuse has blown because something in the oven has short-circuited. Presumably something related to the power supply rather than the individual elements.

McKneff

Dont mean to be rude, but does the oven have an automatic/ switch that has got knocked onto the 'automatic' bit.

Friend of mine was ready to ring the electrician when I spotted it, she turned it back to manual and it worked

PeteW

macman wrote: »

To state the obvious, the plug fuse has blown because something in the oven has short-circuited. Presumably something related to the power supply rather than the individual elements.

Any suggestions as to what I should look for or is it time to get a professional out? And if so, am I looking for a electrician rather than an oven repair person?

McKneff wrote: »

Dont mean to be rude, but does the oven have an automatic/ switch that has got knocked onto the 'automatic' bit.

That was the first thing I checked as our kids quite often fiddle with the settings when nobody is looking, but it doesn't seem to be that.

macman

You need a white goods repair person.

PeteW

The wife has just mentioned that she was using the oven when it went - apparently she heard it make bang and then it went off. This suggests it might have been the element blowing (even though it wasn't even a year old), but why would it still not come back on? Last time when the element blew the oven fan and light still came on, it just produced no heat. This time there's nothing.

Myser

It sounds as though one or more of the components in the power stage may have blown such as an input capacitor. This may have also taken out an internal fuse at the same time.

Elements usually do not blow - they slowly deteriorate.

Rotor

It's probably not relevant, as your wife heard a bang, but on my cooker (rangemaster classic) the second oven will only work after you have set the clock. So every time the power goes of I have one oven that works fine while the other is useless until I find the manual ( i never remember how to do it) and set the clock. God only knows why.
HTH